Someone told me this week: There are two types of people: children and parents.

You're a child until you become a parent.

As soon as my first child was born, it was like a mosquito that had been buzzing in my ear my entire life went silent.

I hadn't even realized there was that anxious buzz until it had gone away.

Suddenly a number of questions that had haunted me just evaporated, and in its place was total clarity.