“‘Sit down. I don’t know when you’re going home, STOP asking.’ They were admitting me because I wasn’t getting along with my mom.”
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“‘Sit down. I don’t know when you’re going home, STOP asking.’ They were admitting me because I wasn’t getting along with my mom.”
“I let bitterness sink in, and I was always ready to battle. We started new careers, had beautiful babies, and traveled, but we were too busy to realize we hadn’t dealt with our need to heal.”
“The doctor said the baby’s heart was strong. I was pleading, telling him, ‘The baby is not well, HELP! Ignoring my cries, I was sent home.”
“We show the kids just because we aren’t IN love, doesn’t mean we can’t still SHOW love and be a family.”
“You NEVER see it coming. You find yourself wishing there was one more time. I’ll say ‘yes’ as long as I can.”
“They asked us about our ‘love story.’ It was a bureaucratic nightmare. And no one was being honest with us. Some days are a struggle, but we are so grateful to be his parents.”
“It doesn’t matter how many times someone tells you, ‘You’re a good mother,’ all it takes is that one person to shoot you a look when you pick up your phone for one second at the park. One person to comment on your kids’ screen time. One person to look at you like you’re a monster for feeding your kids nuggets.”
“‘Your voice sounds SO familiar.’ They almost dropped their phone. I was overjoyed and heartbroken all at once. No matter how he came to us, he has always been meant to be my son.”
“I considered taking a pause, taking my shoe off, and removing the infuriating fudger. But when I got home and took off my shoe, there was no pebble to be found, not near the sole, and not in my sock. But I swear it was there – until it wasn’t.”
“I like rules. I like structure. I like good behavior. And when I’m faced with a lack of any of those three, it makes me incredibly anxious.”