Elizabeth Grow is an editor and content writer for Love What Matters. A graduate of Utah State University, she now lives in Las Vegas with her husband and two dogs. Elizabeth loves sharing stories that raise awareness for neglected populations within our society, particularly the mentally ill. She loves music, any kind of DIY craft project, and a good movie.
“Once we let you in, you could not have a more thoughtful friend on your side. Introverts are guarded, but once they let that guard down they love you in the deepest way possible.”
“It’s our job as parents to be the calm for our children, not join the chaos.”
“You might feel like a failure sometimes, I know I do, but you’re not. You keep fighting every day, and that alone makes you amazing.”
“Now, looking back to that perfect, baby girl, it’s like God heard my prayers and gave me the exact desires of my heart, even down to those beautiful curls, because quickly thereafter He would break my heart completely.”
“Just 6 weeks ago, I’d worn a fitted mermaid bridal gown. You would never be able to tell I had a massive tumor growing inside of me. I was about to get the ultimate education in cancer.”
“Autonomy starts from the moment we’re born. And as parents, we often (accidentally) stomp on our child’s autonomy by making decisions for them and helping too much.”
“I remember those sick days vividly. Lying in my pajamas with my favorite blanket, as comfy as possible to try to soothe the misery of my pounding head and aching chest. It always seemed so hard to get up, even just to shower or attempt to eat. Not much sounded good anyway.”
“On the good days, the hardest days, the tired days… on all the days, I’ll live this life. Not because he can’t, but because I can. For me, for others, for him.”
“When asked if we knew this was a permanent decision, and we could not change our minds, our sweet boy took the microphone and said, ‘YES!’”
“These are the people I handed my children to as babies, and toddlers, and preschoolers, and the people who looked at me with reassuring eyes when I needed it most.”
