“I thought, ‘Let her milk this.’ How often do we demonize small mistakes of children? Allow her to stand in her own power. Reverse the lens.”
- Love What Matters
- Children
“I thought, ‘Let her milk this.’ How often do we demonize small mistakes of children? Allow her to stand in her own power. Reverse the lens.”
“The things women will do to their bodies when they desire a child are truly remarkable. The love and sacrifice of a mother, for many, begins way before a baby is brought into this world.”
“I guess you could say this is the path laid out for me, and I will continue to walk it as long as I am able.”
“Don’t let separation anxiety, mom guilt, or pressure to perform ruin your kid-free time!”
“The greatest way to teach your children how to be compassionate, loving, kind, and gracious is to SHOW them how.”
“People tell you to push away your sadness. To think of everything you’re grateful for. And maybe that fixes things on some days. But other days, it won’t touch the despair.”
“I can be grateful to watch my kids giggle while making a mess at the dinner table AND wish I could occasionally eat one meal alone. I can appreciate being able to nurse my baby AND complain I never get to leave the house for more than two hours at a time.”
“We started our foster care journey in hopes to help change the lives of kids, but really our lives are the ones that have been changed.”
“About a minute after we got out of the house, our front door had flames coming out of it.”
“I was not a rented womb. I didn’t do it for the money. I didn’t ‘sell’ my baby. I was so thankful to be carrying Andrew.”