“I was horrified. This woman in her Lululemons, drinking her expensive Starbucks latte was complaining about feeding children?! Then she went on to say that she wants to teach a kindness class in her daughter’s class. Which I found even more confusing. I was that neighborhood kid. I relied on my neighbors to help me because my parents (who worked hard and are wonderful) sometimes couldn’t.”
“On the tough days, see yourself through those eyes that look up to you and you will know you’re everything they need, just as you are.”
“I never pictured myself in such a place with any of my children that I may no longer have them.”
“Older children adoptions are said to have a ‘honeymoon period.’ That wonderful time where everyone is on their best behavior and all is right in the world. Ours lasted about 3 days. People have told me how lucky my boys are to have found us. I tell them they have it backwards. It’s ME who is the lucky one.”
“I started to think about how many other things I do every day without really noticing them. So much of this early part of motherhood becomes routine so very quickly.”
“If there is any way you can make it work to stay home with your babies–and if your heart is called to do so–I encourage you to take that leap of faith.”
“Whatever happens, whatever they hear, whatever they ask, we are ready. It’s not as complicated as I once imagined. Love is love. And kids understand love.”
“I felt a gush and immediately thought, ‘Oh my gosh, my water broke!’ I felt around and my hand was covered in blood.”
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“I will not apologize for having kids, and I won’t apologize for my kids being…kids.”
