“They called him names said he was dumb. They stole money and a wrist band that allowed him to play paint ball.”
- Love What Matters
- Children
“They called him names said he was dumb. They stole money and a wrist band that allowed him to play paint ball.”
“You used the fear of trying to parent my newborn babies alone to destroy every particle of confidence in my being. I remember calling my sister sobbing because I was so overwhelmed with three crying babies that all needed me.”
“I remember hearing a mom saying how patient motherhood had made her. How her life slowed down and she was calmer. I wondered… why wasn’t I calm? I wasn’t calm as a mother. Actually, if I’m being honest, motherhood made me angry.”
“At 2:30 my phone rang, my husband’s panicked voice came through the line, ‘Honey, we had a car wreck.”
“When Parker came out, I had to re-examine everything I believed.”
“Today he is high again, and today we start all over. And, today I will do what I have always done: pray, hope, and not give up.”
“My body still felt pregnant even though I had already been bleeding, and I just felt weird. I decided to call my good friend who works at another OBGYN. The next day they told me I needed to come in right away for an ultrasound because my pregnancy levels came back at 30,000. They didn’t know if there was a twin, a pregnancy located somewhere else, or what it was.”
“My world came to a crashing halt. Did she just use my own phrase against me? It stopped me in my tracks. She was right, after all. I was being so mean to them and I never realized it.”
“When I walked in, she began to cry. The cry of a child, just 18, who was losing something she wanted.”
“My daughter is herself, and for now, prefers clothes in the boy’s section at Old Navy.”