“How could such a small heart already have to stop beating? All I wanted was for them to just stop mine instead. I wanted them to take my heart to fix hers.”
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“How could such a small heart already have to stop beating? All I wanted was for them to just stop mine instead. I wanted them to take my heart to fix hers.”
“How many more times will they crawl up next to you and ease their tiny body against yours for comfort? The chores will always be there, but this second in time is just that; a split second.”
“I craved a level of intimacy in which he wasn’t capable of giving. He’d say, ‘If you want that, you need to be with a woman.’”
“Every woman who flees abuse deserves a comfort scarf.”
“I take it for granted until I am the one sitting in the courthouse waiting an hour for a 10-minute hearing. There is still so much I cannot make up for.”
“I am rooting and fighting for them to leave me and for my heart to be ripped apart. It is priceless, heartbreaking, and beautiful.”
“I should have listened to my body.”
“Sometimes it takes a highchair to snap you back into reality.”
“I knew I was gay around 14 years old. However, because of homophobia and lack of tolerance for people with disabilities, I kept my mouth shut while SECRETLY falling in love many times.”
“At 5 months postpartum, we got shocking news—surprise, we’re pregnant again! I was terrified at how I, at 21, was going to manage raising babies 14 months apart.”