I did not want to raise a genetically compromised child. I did not want my children to have to contend with the massive diversion of parental attention, and the consequences of being compelled to care for their brother after I died. I wanted a genetically perfect baby, and because that was something I could control, I chose to end his life.
The only difference between a writer and someone who wants to be a writer is discipline. - Ayelet Waldman
The only difference between a writer and someone who wants to be a writer is discipline.
- Ayelet Waldman
Here are my Mommy Messages: Wear a condom and test your Molly. - Ayelet Waldman
Here are my Mommy Messages: Wear a condom and test your Molly.
One of the darkest, deepest shames so many of us mothers feel nowadays is our fear that we are Bad Mothers, that we are failing our children and fall… - Ayelet Waldman
One of the darkest, deepest shames so many of us mothers feel nowadays is our fear that we are Bad Mothers, that we are failing our children and fall…
I learned that I suffered from bipolar II disorder, a less serious variant of bipolar I, which was once known as manic depression. The information wa… - Ayelet Waldman
I learned that I suffered from bipolar II disorder, a less serious variant of bipolar I, which was once known as manic depression. The information wa…
If you focus all of your emotional passion on your children and you neglect the relationship that brought that family into existence... eventually, t… - Ayelet Waldman
If you focus all of your emotional passion on your children and you neglect the relationship that brought that family into existence... eventually, t…
There are times as a parent when you realize that your job is not to be the parent you always imagined you'd be, the parent you always wished you had… - Ayelet Waldman
There are times as a parent when you realize that your job is not to be the parent you always imagined you'd be, the parent you always wished you had…
I mean, I absolutely call myself a feminist. And by that, I mean a woman who believes that your opportunities should not be constrained by your gende… - Ayelet Waldman
I mean, I absolutely call myself a feminist. And by that, I mean a woman who believes that your opportunities should not be constrained by your gende…
I've only ever been interested in drugs as therapeutic tools. - Ayelet Waldman
I've only ever been interested in drugs as therapeutic tools.
The thing I believe in most in the world is my own fallibility, so I am willing to believe that I may be wrong too. - Ayelet Waldman
The thing I believe in most in the world is my own fallibility, so I am willing to believe that I may be wrong too.
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