“Something was clearly wrong. Mac looked pale and the boy who was the life of every party, didn’t even make it 20 minutes.”
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“Something was clearly wrong. Mac looked pale and the boy who was the life of every party, didn’t even make it 20 minutes.”
“‘Mac’s been waiting for you.’ As hard as it was going to be to lose him, watching him like that was even harder. I knew I didn’t endure this for nothing. One day I’d go back and make a difference within those hospital walls.”
“Could I really fit in? Where is the ‘Un-showered, I Have No Idea What I Am Doing’ mom club? Sign me up for that.”
“They know what you say about their aunt when you leave the family gathering. They hear the hurtful things you say to someone when you’re angry. They know what you think about someone who looks or acts differently because they heard the way you giggled or sneered about them in the grocery store.”
“The baby was pulling my cervix along with him, and it was acting like a rubber band around his head. I could hear the concern in my birth team’s voices and I knew he needed to get out ASAP.”
“His brief tonics are usually fine – it happens, he continues breathing and it’s over quickly. I watch for a second, and see the twitching…it’s a bigger seizure. For the first time, I had to jump out of the shower, soaking wet, and get to my child.”
“Son, I thought it would be me teaching you about life, the world, and yourself. And it was. But as much as it was that, it was equally about you teaching me.”
“You feel your insecurities are meant to stay behind closed doors and a locked heart. It’s easier for others to digest. While it gives you indigestion. I can’t make it any easier. But I can promise to be the witness to all of it. To all of you.”
“I’m the kind of mom who cares way more about her well-being than what anyone else’s opinion of my parenting is.”
“‘Cause they say it takes a village, and sometimes it does, yeah, but sometimes it also just takes two people who care more about raising their kids up right than always being the one who’s right.”