This is from a book that an exboyfriend gave me.. lol. I didn't think I would like the book at all, as it's old, and hicked up, but it's now one of my favorite books really.. and it's by a local author. Harriette Simpson Arnow.
Milly never scolded her at such times; poor child, soon enough would come the time when not just her body was tied down to work, but her mind too, with troubles and worries -- it seemed sometimes like God made women for trouble; she wasn't real certain, but then she was never really certain right away -- or maybe she only wouldn't let herself believe -- but it seemed she was in the family way again. The thought would check her suddenly in whatever she happened to be doing, and she would stand a second open-mouthed and staring; this thing had happened to her again. An instant later she would chide her sinful heart; women were made to have babies; it was a sin not to want them, and a black, black sin to try to keep from having them. The thing was to work as long as she was able.
Anyway, I couldn't really tell you why out of the whole book this paragraph stuck with me long after I finished reading it.. lol. I don't expect this paragraph to be all that expressive to many people though, and the book really doesn't have universal appeal. If I didn't force myself to start reading it myself, I never would've found out that I liked it... but there are tons about the book people wouldn't like really.
Krista