“You are loved. You are wanted. Life doesn’t always have to be this hard. And there is more than one way to remove the pain and suffering you’re experiencing.”
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“You are loved. You are wanted. Life doesn’t always have to be this hard. And there is more than one way to remove the pain and suffering you’re experiencing.”
“Sleeping in hospital chairs, riding with our child in the back of an ambulance, learning to understand a non-verbal child…we wouldn’t change it for anything.”
“A patient mentioned she could not wait to get home because she missed walking at sunrise with her best friend. When Sarah’s shift ended, she clocked out, got two coffees, and sat with the patient, watching the sunrise. She did not ever do these extra things out of pity. It’s just the type of person she was.”
“He was the manifestation I had conjured up in my mind to give me something to survive for when I was out there in the desert all those hopeless nights. Motherhood came to me when it did, to save me.”
“During the adoption process, when he could see I was having a tough day, he gave me the most powerful advice: ‘Dad, don’t give up hope and keep fighting because we will win!'”
“‘Metastasized? Doesn’t that mean…’ Yes, it does. It had already spread. How did this happen? What stage was it? Was he going to be okay? They could not give me any answers.”
“I hope to be a pillar of support and an example that YES you can get out and YES you can thrive.”
“You don’t have to have it all together every minute of every day. You don’t have to feel the need to put on a brave face just because you think you have no other choice but to do so.”
“A big pool of blood gushed down from between my legs. I thought I was dying. The nurse was very calm and matter of fact. ‘Don’t worry, it’s normal.’ I shuffled over to the bathroom and thought, ‘Why didn’t she tell me that would happen? Why is no one telling me what to expect?’”
“Something was clearly wrong. Mac looked pale and the boy who was the life of every party, didn’t even make it 20 minutes.”