It was the tiniest thing I ever decided to put my whole life into.

—Terri Guillemets

P.S.  Thank you to David Ellwand for using this quote in his book Baby Unique and to photographer Anne Geddes for including it in her book Cherished Thoughts with Love. Side note: Even though this quotation has often been used referring to a newborn or yet-to-be-born baby, I actually wrote it in my diary at age 12 during a time when I was trying to nurse a sick baby bird back to health. —tg, 2005