“Losing a parent young was like being pummeled by a tidal wave. I didn’t know who I was becoming and often wished I could just take. it. all. back.”
- Love What Matters
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“Losing a parent young was like being pummeled by a tidal wave. I didn’t know who I was becoming and often wished I could just take. it. all. back.”
“‘Neil needs a kidney.’ I felt my heart drop into my feet as I replayed the last few months. Walking through our children’s school, she made the comment that she was so stressed it made her head itch. ‘What could possibly make you that stressed?’ I asked. I cringed as I remembered the last joking message I had left her.”
“He could tell you our job was to keep him safe and his job was to stay near us when out.”
“This is not my first rodeo, and let’s be honest — I don’t have the time or the energy anymore to get dolled up to go sit in field and swat mosquitoes while gazing peacefully at my belly.”
“Didn’t anyone know how much we wanted to be parents, how much I wanted to carry a child of my own?”
“My parents were judged a lot but stayed strong together.”
It wasn’t a prank!
“You can take a million perfect selfies, but the pictures your kids will appreciate when they are older are ones like this. The pictures I WILL appreciate when my kids are grown, are the ones like this.”
“Daaaaaddy? Can you buy Davey some clothes while you’re out? And will you take pictures for me?”
“I wiped the tears from her eyes and told her my love looks a lot like this chest and I will love her until the day I die.”