“Without my label, I wouldn’t have the family, life, and job that I love and I wouldn’t be writing this very article that illuminates it.”
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“Without my label, I wouldn’t have the family, life, and job that I love and I wouldn’t be writing this very article that illuminates it.”
“Jason was in the middle of a divorce. My life felt like a series of breakups. So you can imagine my skepticism when someone wanted to fly down to take me on a date without having met him in person before. But it’s when you stop having expectations that life begins to unfold into the beautiful story it’s meant to become. At least it did for me.”
“I read an article by a mom of young kids. Her life revolved around them. She reminded her friends she was ‘in the weeds,’ but it won’t last forever. For parents like me, the weeds are where we live.”
“I don’t know why it didn’t hit me 10 years earlier, but clarity finally came around like a baseball bat to the face. I was trembling as I held my daughter. The idea of losing everything was finally scarier than the idea of living without alcohol.”
“If you weren’t a good mother, you wouldn’t care.”
“Realizing that I did not have to hide who I was allowed me to feel pride in everything that made me, me.”
“It is okay, and healthy, to mourn the loss of memories and my culture and heritage. At the same time, I can celebrate my adoption story and the unique journey I am living out.”
“I watch as he screams and shouts and trashes his room because he can’t understand why nobody wants to invite him for a play date. He is more than ENOUGH, he’s just around the wrong people to see it.”
“Who is there holding her hand during every ultrasound and blood draw? Who is there to wipe away her tears after every setback and share in her heartbreak? Who is there to remind her she will get through this and to never lose hope?”
“My dad wasn’t involved much with us this side of heaven, so the heaven-sanctioned league makes me feel like they have their own connection.”