Anne Lamott quote: It's so awful, attacking your child. It's the worse thing I know, to shout loudly at this 50 lb. being ...

It's so awful, attacking your child. It's the worse thing I know, to shout loudly at this 50 lb. being with his huge trusting brown eyes. It's like bitch-slapping E.T.

~ Anne Lamott ~

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