The newly minted maternal heart, it completely melted into mush, the oxytocin I know now, had kicked in, and how. I would fight tigers barehanded, climb down cliffs, throw myself in the path of a speeding car, and even do calculus again if I needed to, for this child.
Kiran Manral, Karmic Kids: The Story of Parenting Nobody Told You
children, maternal-love, maternity, parenting