“It took me 1 hr and 45 mins to do my makeup everyday. ‘No, it only affects your skin color and nothing else.’ People called me a cow, a Dalmatian, a spotted n-word… I say ‘never live in fear.'”
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“It took me 1 hr and 45 mins to do my makeup everyday. ‘No, it only affects your skin color and nothing else.’ People called me a cow, a Dalmatian, a spotted n-word… I say ‘never live in fear.'”
“I wish that others could view HIV as an immune system condition, easily manageable with antivirals. It didn’t bother me, but I knew it would most likely bother everyone around me.
“There is nothing I’d rather do than be a mother. But, it makes me more tired than anything else in the world.”
“I remember that day when I stood on the threshold of a new life. 14 years later, I celebrated 14 years clean.”
“Not only did Rebecca have Down Syndrome, but she also had 2 holes in her heart and a fissure.”
U.S. sprinter, Sha’Carri Richardson, wasn’t.
“I regret not seeking help sooner.”
“I’ve never gotten to see my baby’s face on an ultrasound or hear their heartbeat. I’ve never gotten to feel them kick their little legs inside of me. I’ve never gotten to watch my belly slowly grow. All of my babies left me too soon.”
“It’s important for people who only see the trips to Europe and the romantic, playful posts to understand the true gravity of what we went through to get to where we are today.”
“I later learned he had a pattern of doing this to mothers. It’s unfortunately a very real reality for mothers of chronically ill children.”