The Stevenson Ohana

“WHEN WE CHOOSE TO BE PARENTS,

WE ACCEPT ANOTHER HUMAN BEING

AS PART OF OURSELVES, AND A LARGE PART

OF OUR EMOTIONAL SELVES WILL STAY WITH

THAT PERSON AS LONG AS WE LIVE.

FROM THAT TIME ON, THERE WILL BE

ANOTHER PERSON ON THIS EARTH WHOSE

ORBIT AROUND US WILL AFFECT US AS SURELY

AS THE MOON AFFECTS THE TIDES, AND

AFFECT US IN SOME WAYS MORE

DEEPLY THAN ANYONE ELSE CAN.

OUR CHILDREN ARE EXTENSIONS OF OURSELVES.”