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.
“To be invited into their world is a privilege.”
“Sometimes it takes missing a turn and crying in front of a stranger to realize you’ve got some work to do in the department of self-kindness.”
“If more businesses found ways to weave opportunities to do good into their mission, we would all be in a better place.”
“Why is it so much easier to indulge in self defeat than it is to bask in our success? You have the power to change your version of your truth, to be molded by the experiences you inherit and prevail from.”
“Me, a black woman, with a black husband, who carried and GAVE BIRTH to twin white and Hispanic babies.”
“I took note. I thought this was a list of things I needed to abide by. The unspoken rules of motherhood. Secrets I was kindly being told. If I could write a response now, I’d consider adding the following…”
“You can be both a hot mess disaster one day and a hostess with the mostest the next. You can be both buttoned up at the office and silly with your friends. You can be chill and motivated. A sugar fiend and health-conscious. A wife and a friend.”
“We were beside ourselves. This couldn’t be happening again. Daniela was scared and had been through so much already with all the chemo and radiation.”
“I immediately felt that familiar heat creep into my cheeks, fueled by embarrassment and disdain at my own reflection. My eyes immediately gravitate toward all of the areas I’m most self-conscious about. The areas I see as anything but beautiful.”
“Even with the pandemic hitting nationwide, that has not stopped me from doing what I love the most, helping the less fortunate. I will always spread kindness anyway I can. It’s just glued in my heart.”
