“Sometimes it comes from nowhere. He will be perfectly happy and then I look in the car mirror and I see the tears begin to form. Every time we go somewhere different, he is riddled with anxiety.”
- Love What Matters
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“Sometimes it comes from nowhere. He will be perfectly happy and then I look in the car mirror and I see the tears begin to form. Every time we go somewhere different, he is riddled with anxiety.”
“That—it turns out—was the slap in the face I needed. I was a victim of domestic violence. After all, he was a pastor and he never laid a hand on me.”
“For years, I questioned if I should stay or go. The first few weeks of ‘sharing’ my kids were awful. I couldn’t sleep. I cried excessively. I felt guilty. But it is so, so worth it. Two happy homes are better than one sad one.”
“I never thought I’d get married because no one could like me because of my height. Now I have a husband who is 6’2.”
“I got off the road after three packed years as a pop artist and found myself not knowing who I should be next. I thought I was ugly. I thought I was broken. I designed my next chapter to become truly happy.”
“I disappear a lot. I will be calling my friends, texting my family and the next week… *poof* I’m gone. Last week, friend checked in on me. I was okay, and I kind of wasn’t. ‘Hey you are doing that thing where you don’t take my calls?'”
“I need him to bear the weight of family when my knees are buckling under depression. I need him to lift me up when fear causes me to back down. I need him to be the voice of reason when the chaos is deafening. Not only do I need him, but I want him.”
“We lost 8 babies in a row. Just then, we received an unexpected call from a family member. ‘I’d love to be your surrogate!’ We turned her down. The odds were stacked against us, but we both felt a stirring in our hearts to try again. ‘Well, it’s positive! In fact, it’s VERY positive!’ I immediately burst into tears.”
“Parents often look at me and say, ‘You’re a role model.’ I know their children will grow up not to be like me, but to be exactly who they are, living their own beautiful purpose.”
“This amazing human I had given birth to was a complete stranger.”