When I became a mother for the first time I experienced this bittersweet and terrifying emotion of vulnerability. I read a quote somewhere on facebook by Elizabeth Stone that captured it perfectly:

“Making the decision to have a child - it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ”

Is there any better feeling than reading a book which completely transports you into another person's mind? As you read the closing pages you feel like by finishing the novel you are losing a friend, a lover or even a part of yourself, an identity that will always be a little part of you.