Sonia Beltz is a former digital editor for Love What Matters based near Dayton, Ohio. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English and Creative Writing from the University of Iowa. In her free time, you can find her writing, reading, or researching random historical facts online. Follow her on Instagram at @skatbel.
“We are constantly bombarded with the idea that we are not enough. I won’t normalize what should not be normal.”
“I could see the panic set in, and it was awful.”
“Depression and anxiety are LOUD if you don’t seek help. I just wanted to quiet the voices.”
“Her diagnosis sent us reeling, but we decided we wouldn’t define Shaina by her condition but by her sunshine personality.”
“I dreamed of him becoming part of our family. For her and her bio brother to be reunited someday.”
“Now, I always remember I am beautiful the way I am, inside and out. I wish I would’ve known that a long time ago.”
“Those frail little boys have learned to ride bikes, scooters, skateboards. Our commitment to them is as if I had given birth to them. There is no difference in our love for them.”
“But I had the strength within me and around me to be a better man.”
“I gulped back tears and explained it wasn’t medically possible. His reply would be my first lesson.”
“I knew that moving his bedroom was a risk to my ‘parent of the year’ title, but I needed to test the waters of the ‘handling change’ part of his brain.”
