It can be frightening, this yearning for a child

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It can be frightening, this yearning for ato bear children. Kahlil Gibran says our children are the
child—it’s hard to fathom thesons and daughters of life’s longing for itself.
desperate urgency.Life doesn’t “begin” within
Wendy Wasserstein, award-winning playwright,us, but is allowed to manifest through us.
first-time mother at age 46Young girls jump rope singing, “First comes
The maternal instinct—the most intenselylove, then comes marriage, then comes Susie with a
motivating human force there is—beginsbaby carriage!” Our mothers prepare us to
where the cell meets the soul. While the question,follow in their footsteps—they obviously
“When does life begin?” has beensucceeded in having children, so they assume their
debated throughout the ages, one issue that isdaughters will do so too.