“This woman in the supermarket was me 5 years ago. I had it all together. When I saw kids misbehaving, I assumed bad parenting. Then life did a 180. I’m not the supermom I used to be. I’m the mom figuring out how to cope.”
‘The dad handed a chocolate donut to his kicking, screaming child. He let her win. ‘My child will never act like that,’ I naively thought.’: Parent urges for grace, ‘We are all trying our best’
‘Suck it up. You’re fine.’ She took a bad fall. I was too traumatized to step foot in a hospital.’: Young widow has realization about ‘grief management’ after daughter crashes bike
“My daughter head-slammed to the ground. It happened when I was in the deepest pain of my life, betrayed and hurt by the one person I thought I could count on after my husband died. I panicked.”
‘If we’re together, and you notice me wiggling my leg, it’s my anxiety. If you’re scrolling through Facebook and see I commented on your picture at 3 a.m., it’s my anxiety.’: Mom gets real about severe anxiety disorder
“It doesn’t let me stop. Ever. Once a worry has made its way inside my mind, it’s trapped there. It lives there. It comes on strong like a wave crashing down over my head.”
Woman beautifully documents importance of self-care: ‘You asked me why I was crying and I said, ‘Because I’m proud of myself.”
“You told me I was courageous all along, but I didn’t believe you until now – until I felt that courage deep in my bones.”
