Children are a burden to a ...

Children are a burden to a mother, but not the way a heavy box is to a mule. Our children weight hard on my heart, and thinking about them growing up honest and healthy, or just living to grow up at all, makes a load in my chest that is bigger than the safe at the bank,and more valuable to me than all the gold inside it.
 Nancy E. Turner

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The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl's highest calling. I hope I am ready.
 Nancy E. Turner