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Time plays tricks on mothers. It teases you with breaks and brief caesuras, only to skip wildly forward, bringing breathtaking changes to your baby's body. Only he wasn't a baby anymore, and how often did I have to learn that? The lessons were painful.
Time plays tricks on mothers. It teases you with breaks and brief caesuras, only to skip wildly forward, bringing breathtaking changes to your baby's body. Only he wasn't a baby anymore, and how often did I have to learn that? The lessons were painful.
Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern
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- Ruth Ozeki
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- Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Ruth Ozeki: documented birth year 1956; activity date not established. Wikidata Q7383160, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7383160 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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