I could have given her a fluffy answer, but I decided to tell her the truth. “Mommy spent a lot of time believing lies about herself, too.”
I stepped forward to intervene, but then I saw him lean in close to his crying sister, and I stopped.
Six small words slipped off my lips. Little did I know how they’d be a constant companion to me in the following days…
I wasn’t sure how she would react – if she’d get sad like me or feel scared that this could be our story one day.
I wasn’t sure how she would react – if she’d get sad like me or feel scared that this could be our story one day.
That feeling crept over me, the awkward notion that I had caught the attention of a stranger. A feeling of watchful eyes.
Motherhood’s supreme purpose looks past brief moments and long days. It gains perspective beyond what’s visible and reaches for something invisible.
It’s a question that took me over two decades to answer, “Is it worth it to take young kids on trips they won’t remember?”
When I fear that my best is never going to be enough, and I just want to cry; when I have lost my way, I will praise the Lord.
As the nurse rushed in with an IV and oxygen mask explaining, “Your doctor is on her way”, I suppose that is that moment that I realized something was very wrong.
As the nurse rushed in with an IV and oxygen mask explaining, “Your doctor is on her way”, I suppose that is that moment that I realized something was very wrong.
She cried without stopping. I was a nerve-wracked, shaking failure. Sleep-deprived, I grew up over burp rags and dirty diapers.
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