“I didn’t want to get up out of bed. I couldn’t function. All I wanted now was to be a momma on earth. I wasn’t interested in anything else.”
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“I didn’t want to get up out of bed. I couldn’t function. All I wanted now was to be a momma on earth. I wasn’t interested in anything else.”
“One day, I chose to sit outside in a park during my lunch break. A stranger complimented my new bag. It was such a little thing, but it shifted something within me.”
“I had to keep washing my hands until they were chapped and bleeding. I couldn’t stop until the ‘bad thoughts’ ceased.”
“After days of tests, he had lost weight and had bruised heels. I thought it was a death sentence. He didn’t deserve this.”
“I could have given in. I could have just walked with her back to the car. But I refused. And so we sat. And sat. And sat. For as long as it took for us to work things out. For her to work through her feelings. For me to keep in control of mine.”
“They described a 3-year-old boy, nonverbal, tantrums; the list was long, but we felt called to say ‘yes.’ We decided to do everything we could for this child. Time was NOT on our side.”
“As I’m walking up the stairs to our apartment with Nolan riding piggyback, it all hit me – he needed his Dad.”
“It hit me: the hardest things in life are the most rewarding. After devoting 15 months of my life to a failed IVF cycle, I knew I was strong enough for another round.”
“After a lot of protesting, ‘God, how can I do this?? How can I pour from an empty cup???’ it dawned on me. As a mom, that’s exactly what I am called to do.”
“I saw the son, his mannerisms – the way he walked on his toes, flapped his hands and stimmed. I knew instantly he had autism. He had mannerisms similar to my Gabe. I made my way over to him.”