Devon Ledbetter is a writer and editor based in Florida. She holds a BA in English from Florida State University. She currently formerly worked as a Digital Editor with Love What Matters and has previously had works published with College Magazine and Her Campus. Her favorite pastimes include beach trips, baking, and concerts. You can learn more about Devon through her portfolio https://dnl16b.wixsite.com/ledbetter-portfolio
“We entered into the adoption of our daughter the way birth mom wanted – a fully closed adoption. She knew she could not safely care for her baby with the life she was living, but her heart was hurting. In my heart, I knew we needed a plan C.”
“I reminded him he had $5. We chatted about how every little bit counts. He said, ‘I love animals more than I love money.’ And then I melted into a puddle on the floor.”
“Gymnastics felt like a dream – letting you out of my grasp and trusting you to take care of yourself down there on the competition floor, while I’m up in the stands watching, cheering, and learning to let go.”
“His life comes with challenges, but his existence, his life, is not worse.”
“It broke me, but it wasn’t why I sat in my car and cried like a big fat baby.”
“Nothing prepares you for how hard postpartum hits. With the colossal love for this new life comes grief our world has changed.”
“In this freaking season of life and pandemic, so many of us are done, exhausted, depleted, suffocating, over it. I don’t think faking it ‘til we make it is going to get us through this.”
“Somehow, people who need more are still seen as people who are less.”
“In 2004, social media such as Facebook or MySpace were only just coming about, so the chances of finding her were slim to none. It didn’t stop me from trying to search, though. I never thought anything of it after that night, until 3 months later when the phone rang.”
“During the depths of grief, we don’t know what we need.”
