“We’ve been called the f-word in a Home Depot parking lot. We’ve had horrible and nasty DMs on social media. But our kids have two parents who love them DEARLY, and they’re better off for it.”
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“We’ve been called the f-word in a Home Depot parking lot. We’ve had horrible and nasty DMs on social media. But our kids have two parents who love them DEARLY, and they’re better off for it.”
“Sometimes, I don’t want to worry about the drinks and the snacks and the sunscreen and the chairs and ‘Did you go potty?’ or ‘Make sure you bring a jacket!’ Sometimes I don’t want to make dinner. Again. Or load the dishes. Again. Sometimes, I’m not ‘cherishing every moment.’ I’m surviving.”
“When I got to the house, there were no men, no blood. I dove headfirst into my new role.”
“The day after Mother’s Day, my brother called at 3:30 a.m. ‘Momma has BEEN shot.’ I know without a shadow of a doubt my mom she sent my son to save me the second she got to heaven. And that is exactly what he’s been doing since he took his first breath on this Earth.”
“When I was younger, my mom asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. A stay-at-home mom addicted to alcohol wasn’t part of that equation.”
“Shay had bright green stool no one in the hospital could figure out. ‘Her infant panel results came back. There is no cure.’ After hanging up, I broke down crying.”
“I grieved the baby I thought I was going to have. I grieved the baby I thought I wanted. I felt not fit for this.”
“We poured so much of ourselves into our children, we forgot marriage needs attention and work, too. We advocated for our children, but we forgot to advocate for each other.”
“I was always so caught up in what others thought, I believed I was too young to be a good mom. It wasn’t until last year, when I was looking back at old photos of us, I noticed it. I was always ready to be your mother.”
“There’s ONE precious life to live, during which you do your best every day, and that’s ENOUGH.”