“You won’t break them.”
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“You won’t break them.”
“I sat in the car after carrying a kicking and screaming Luca, who yelled, ‘Help Me! Listen to me! I don’t like you!’ clawing at my arms and pulling my hair as we passed a security guard.”
“It all started with his stomach hurting. We thought it was just acid, or reflux. He looked at me and said, ‘What if it’s cancer?’ My mind went numb.”
“I was the fat kid in school, and given the nickname ‘Big Mike.’ People thought I was tougher than I actually was. ‘Nothing will happen to me because I’m young.’”
“’I will find you.’ I packed the car with my daughter, and drove to the gas station. I didn’t even know how to put gas in! I realized it’s time to change people’s perceptions about abuse.”
“If there was a school shooter, my son wouldn’t hide. If there was a fire, he wouldn’t run. If someone took advantage of him, he couldn’t speak up. If someone abused him, he wouldn’t fight back.”
“They were taking his device and hiding it, and when the teacher wasn’t looking, they’d push him down. I was floored.”
“’Goodnight. LOVE YOU.’ A faint ‘love you’ left my mom’s lips back to me.”
“I truly could not do this life without you. You dads are the real MVPs.”
“‘Oh my God. He’s out. He’s here.’ They put my gooey little man on my chest. ‘Is everything okay?’ My heart sunk. ‘There’s something different about the baby’s foot, too.’ The doctor unwrapped a fin, and then a flipper.”