Before you have children, you mostly think about the world in terms of yourself. And when you become a parent, the focus shifts to somebody else. (Joanne Harris)

Before you have children, you mostly think about the world in terms of yourself. And when you become a parent, the focus shifts to somebody else.

Joanne Harris

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