“‘I’m so sorry.’ I wanted to scream and cry and give up. With every other setback, I was determined to fight. But I struggled to accept we were here again.”
- Love What Matters
- Health
- Mental Health
“‘I’m so sorry.’ I wanted to scream and cry and give up. With every other setback, I was determined to fight. But I struggled to accept we were here again.”
“These women are the strongest people I know, but they probably don’t believe it about themselves. Today, I want to celebrate them.”
“It started to become a routine of waking up every morning after drinking and figuring out who I had to apologize to. When I would hear stories of things I did or said to my friends or significant others, I was mortified.”
“I couldn’t attend college, I was struggling to hold down a job and just to get out of bed in the morning. I was desperately searching for answers.”
“I could no longer ask her to get dressed or brush her teeth without an explosive outburst. It was like a switch flicked overnight, and we could no longer just think this was just her quirks.”
“I went through much of life hating who I was. I strived for a picture-perfect ‘white picket fence’ life while underneath I was drowning in all my insecurities, shame, and fear.”
“I want to be a part of ending the mental health stigma. I am not afraid of crying on the internet if it helps just ONE person.”
“Yes, that baby shower or birthday party may be a little too much for me to handle at times, but I want to be the one who gets to decide. I want to be the one who gets to make the decisions when it comes to what I am comfortable with and where my boundaries lie.”
“I was always the one who was bullied for my weight. Forever the big kid in class, I spent a lot of days playing in the backyard by myself because I did not have many friends.”
“Because a mama’s job is to keep it together. Herself and everything else, all the time. She bends for everyone, but must always pull herself up before she breaks.”