“My emotions do not control me or what I choose to do. I can smell roses and see color.”

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“My emotions do not control me or what I choose to do. I can smell roses and see color.”
“I was never the woman who saw her baby on the screen and fell rapturously in love. I figured it would come once we met in person. It didn’t. And I felt terrified and ashamed. What mother doesn’t love their child at first sight?!”
“Let’s knock it off. Life’s hard enough without us being hard on ourselves.”
“The landscape you knew may never quite look the same. You might find the storm has blown you into a new location, one where storms are chronic, where the clouds roll in and back out over and over again. But wherever you are, the bright rays you crave will come.”
“Our bodies are amazing. They are full of life and love and laughter, and it’s time we start looking at ourselves as a vessel of incredible emotions, ideas, and thoughts rather than just a pretty or not-pretty face.”
“Getting pregnant after a miscarriage can be triggering, but be gentle with yourself.”
“Loneliness hurts – both literally and figuratively. I began losing my hair and was diagnosed with adrenal fatigue. I cried daily. Suicidal ideation creeped in, first shocking, and then regularly.”
“I will never stop talking about it – to challenge the stigma so no one has to feel embarrassment and shame.”
“She’s told herself she should do more, but she’s stuck sitting on her kitchen floor. Come see her and bring her a tea, remind her of what she cannot see. Sit beside her and be a friend. Tell her that this is not the end.”
“I wanted to be a doctor since the very first time I met my Pediatrician, Dr. Peeden, and worked tirelessly to reach that goal. But what happens when you reach your goals and find that you are completely miserable and lost so much along the way?”