“ICU doctors entered my room. ‘Your husband is declining fast. He has a matter of a few hours.’ It was either a c-section right at that moment, or Jb would not have the opportunity to meet our son. Without a question in my mind, I said, ‘Let’s go.’ Some told me they’ll never forget this act of selflessness. Some called my actions brave and heroic. I just call it love.”
“I didn’t know fear, joy, worry, sadness, and excitement could all coexist.”
“You’ll look at elves and Santa’s cookie plate like they’re familiar old friends you have to say goodbye to. You’ll comb through social media photos and wonder how the cute little girl is a mere days from being an adult. You’ll wonder if you’ve still got what it takes to impress your grown-up kids with Christmas magic.”
“I don’t have a spare minute to slow down and enjoy it, but I don’t want to miss anything.”
“It’s bedtime and I just want to check the f*ck out. I feel the grumble in my throat. The hoarseness as I’m asked for something else. And I wanna scream. But I don’t. Because they’re only kids. And it’s so hard not to be an assh*le to them.”
“There’s always a phone call to make, a load of laundry to be dried, a meal to be made, a snack to be opened, and a bill to be paid.”
“I was that rebel woman, struck down by a hard life, almost too independent and broken to be loved. I wanted to hate her because the whole mom thing failed with me growing up, so why would I want one now?”
“I’m just so desperate to remember every minute of your babyhood, because there won’t be another baby brother or sister in a few years.”
“Couples had tears of joy as they found out they were expecting. I saw women who yearned to be pregnant and tried everything to have a baby. ‘That wasn’t me,’ I thought. Compared to what I saw on social media, I felt like the odd man out.”
“Listen to your employees, trust them, reward them. They are responsible for a company’s success — not CEOs.”
