“We worry what others think. Why we didn’t get the invite. We over-analyze texts. We see glances, hear whispers, and assume they’re directed at us. People aren’t always going to agree with you. In fact, some people aren’t going to like you for no other reason than because they can.”
‘I’m not everyone’s cup of tea. I’m too loud. Too quiet. A mom who could lose a few pounds. We try so hard to bend 50 different ways to fit a mold. But, why? For what?’
‘She was born with her umbilical chord around her neck, her face blue from lack of oxygen. She came into the world feet first. She always goes about things her own way, birth was no exception.’
“I had no idea what was happening, but I knew my mom was behind a cold, closed door that I wasn’t allowed to go through. I wish I could’ve held her hand – she needed it.”
‘I’m not sure if today is a good day, or a bad day for you. I don’t know if you think things in your life are going well, or couldn’t be any worse.’
“I know doubt consumes your heart and mind, nearly drowning you. I know the forbidden, dark places of your mind you’re too ashamed to allow anyone to see.”
‘A friend texted me recently, ‘What’s life like as a mom?’: Mom’s candid, raw, answer to her childless friend’s innocent question
“Some days you’ll want to sell them on a eBay but other days you’ll wish there were more hours in the day to stare at them.”
‘I was raped by my pastor and got pregnant’: Despite cerebral palsy, strokes and Crohn’s disease, this mother-daughter duo are determined to ‘inspire’ and ‘be grateful’
“I looked at my pastor as my father. He was 30 years older than me and always knew the right things to say to make me feel like I wasn’t alone.”
