“‘Are those happy tears or…?,’ the sonographer cautiously asked me as I sobbed upon the realization we were expecting our second set of twins.”
“‘Are those happy tears or…?,’ the sonographer cautiously asked me as I sobbed upon the realization we were expecting our second set of twins.”
“I had no idea how obsessed I’d be with another being’s poop and pee.”
“Let out that breath you’ve been holding in since you woke up. You’re doing the best you can.”
“We had learned to function on ingenuity and instincts, but we always found a way. Life became stable, imperfect, and ours.”
“I made it to the top, but unfortunately, that was not the goal as my six-year-old was now halfway around the circular death trap and looking to see what was taking Old Lady River so long.”
“Dogs in rural Ethiopia can be quite aggressive. Tewabe gently pulled me to his side. ‘I don’t want the dog to get you because I love you.’ I was shocked. He did not completely realize the cultural significance of his words. Yet I was living in an alternate reality at that moment, so I said it back: ‘I love you too.'”
“If I was out there on the streets, homeless, I would want somebody, at some point, to think of me.”
Neffiteria teaches math and science at Gideons Elementary School, but her students are getting a lot more than just book-learning in her class.
“For 5 of the 6 days of my son’s life, he was hooked up to hospital machines. It can be hard to look at, but if you look past the tubes and tape, you’ll see my beautiful baby boy.”
“I compared myself to everyone. I assumed everyone was more intelligent than me. No matter how many credentials or physical proofs said I was ‘good enough,’ I still felt I was unqualified.”