Devon Ledbetter is a writer and editor based in Florida. She holds a BA in English from Florida State University. She currently formerly worked as a Digital Editor with Love What Matters and has previously had works published with College Magazine and Her Campus. Her favorite pastimes include beach trips, baking, and concerts. You can learn more about Devon through her portfolio https://dnl16b.wixsite.com/ledbetter-portfolio
“For an adoption to take place, there is a huge loss involved. But it can also turn out to be a beautiful story.”
“We aren’t tending a wound that will go away over time. As we grow, our grief grows with us.”
“You know the ‘blip’ from ‘Avengers: Endgame?’ Blink – it happened here. My kids are now in 10th grade, 9th grade, and 5th grade and oh-my-heart, their focus has shifted to activities, friends, driving, and talking about college. No one has listened to my suggestion of stopping all this growing up so fast.”
“The house that needs cleaned, the laundry that needs folded. Life carrying on around you. Fighting rest yet simultaneously crying out for it.”
“Being a mom doesn’t by any means make you incapable; it shouldn’t count you out or make your opinion, goals, and abilities any less.”
“I noticed a tall teenaged boy there and thought it was strange considering he looked too young to be a dad. Then it hit me.”
“I read it again. ‘A best friend you can have sex with,’ and then flipped to the inscription ‘How great is that?’ I thought about joining witness protection or calling my daughter in sick for the rest of the year so I didn’t have to face her teacher.”
“I will never forget the friend who brought me home-cooked meals or the friends and family who came by in the first stages when I was feeling so vulnerable and it would have been easier to stay away.”
“It’s popular right now to ‘raise kind humans’ and to be inclusive— but true inclusivity means learning about people who are different from us and letting it change the way we live.”
“This diagnosis came approximately 7 years after my symptoms started. I may not look sick, but on the inside, it’s a different story.”
