"One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers in midstream."

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Insight & Reflection

This reflection on change by Don Marquis resonates across generations. It highlights a fundamental truth about human nature: our continuous search for meaning in change is what ultimately defines our character and our path forward.

About Don Marquis

Donald Robert Perry Marquis was an American humorist, journalist, and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He is remembered best for creating the characters Archy and Mehitabel, Archy being a supposed author of humorous verse. During his lifetime he was equally famous for creating another fictitious character, "the Old Soak," who was the subject of two books, a hit Broadway play (1922–23), a silent film (1926) and a talkie (1937).

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