“The idea it would usher in some kind of return to normal life was one of the biggest misconceptions I had during pregnancy and early parenthood.”

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“The idea it would usher in some kind of return to normal life was one of the biggest misconceptions I had during pregnancy and early parenthood.”
“I had to pre-empt them that, well, you may not be able to deliver. And because of that, I have a new ask Dear Santa, and I hope you will oblige.”
“There’s always a phone call to make, a load of laundry to be dried, a meal to be made, a snack to be opened, and a bill to be paid.”
“Capturing her in all her innocent happiness as she was about to enter her senior year of high school, is now in stark contrast to the unimaginable horror she’s experienced. I hope someday soon, she will be back in the saddle riding Blaze in endless fields of flowers.”
“We pretend if we block our ears, look away, and don’t speak a word of our true feelings, this suppression will solve our challenges. Muting is not resolution.”
“I had a lot of worry and anxiety. My only release was to take a painkiller. When the dogs came in, it made me forget it all.”
“I tortured myself with the fear of not getting any answers. After all the years of feeling lost, feeling different, feeling like an outsider, I felt liberated.”
“I bet what you don’t see is a mom who’s quietly dealing with her own inner battle. I bet you can’t see how even though she is truly joyful in this moment on the outside, inside she feels like she can’t quite seem to come up for air.”
“We are sending women bleeding, swollen, in stitches, in agony, back to offices across this country. We are sending infants to exorbitantly expensive, overworked, understaffed childcare centers.”
“While I’ll probably always forget to enforce deodorant and matching socks, I love my kids with every freakin’ fiber of my anxiety-ridden being, and not an hour goes by without offering up a hug, a kiss, a carry, a handhold, or supportive comment.”
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