liquidnight: “Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood: and how she would gather about her other little children, and make their eyes bright … Continue reading

liquidnight: “Mothers arms are made of tenderness, and sweet sleep blesses the child who lies within.” —Victor Hugo, Les Miserables Pictorialist Style Mother Holding Child, Platinum print, circa 1915 [Photo from the Rodger Kingston Collection]