Mama said it's probably because of Suzanne, and that you are never the same after a child dies. That made me wonder what she was like before Clover died, because I don't think I really knew my own mother until I had children, and if she was different before, I don't remember. Nancy E. Turner
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This quote is about the relationship between a mother and her child. The author has just lost his son, and this is his reaction. He wonders if his mother was happy before he had children, because he doesn't recall her life before she had him. He also questions if she was sad about losing him, or if it only made her more happy to have him in her life.

Source: These Is My Words: The Diary Of Sarah Agnes Prine, 18811901

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