But a mother can gag on a day

My 2009 summed up in one quote I just read from Jean Sherrard:

“The years rush past, as every older woman will tell the young mothers who complain…. Oh no, they say, time flies – enjoy them while they’re young – they grow up so fast.

The mothers agree that indeed the years do fly.  It’s the days that don’t.  The hours, the minutes of a single day sometimes just stop. 

And a mother finds herself standing in the middle of a room wondering.  Wondering. 

Years fly.  Of course they do.  But a mother can gag on a day.”

(Emphasis mine.)

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[ramblin red]

I love this - it's even better than "the years are short but the days are long" quote that I've come to love, because it truly represents!