“We brushed the glass off the suitcases filled with wedding attire we wouldn’t get to wear and unpacked from a trip that I never got to take. As the details came out, I became more and more upset.”
- Love What Matters
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“We brushed the glass off the suitcases filled with wedding attire we wouldn’t get to wear and unpacked from a trip that I never got to take. As the details came out, I became more and more upset.”
“We could have had a crushing, painful, toxic relationship. We could have all hated one another. We could have fought and made the kids miserable. Instead, we chose love.”
“Our doctor said, ‘What we are dealing with is incredibly rare. I’ve never seen anything like it.’ We were blindsided.”
“Why forgive our children, our partners, or anyone else in our lives, but never ourselves?”
“I am not weak, I am tired.”
“Wherever you sit in your place of motherhood, you have a path. Take it in stride. Honor yourself in this journey.”
“You’ll find Lanny putting in a full day’s work inside the woodshop, so everyone has a pocket-sized reminder of how much they are loved.”
“Kyle shopped (a thing he hates) on his day off from kids, in the middle of the night, to help keep me sane. The interaction was minimal. But the impact was incredible.”
“We celebrate the magic of special days in our house all year long.”
“I want young moms and people who are going through a hard season to know it is okay to start over. You are not going to get everything right, and there is power in knowing it. You are not weak. It takes more strength to acknowledge where you are and make a change to improve your life.”