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.
“In the many years before my daughter, I came to my beach for answers.”
“‘You’re spoiling your kid.’ If it gets me through one more grocery trip so I can get enough coffee to survive another week, then throw that lightsaber in the buggy, kiddo.”
“We turn 18, and we immediately start to feel rushed. Graduation, college, career, marriage, house, kids. This is YOUR time, don’t ever let anyone take it away.”
“Have you ever woken up, looked in the mirror, and thought, ‘Why do I have to look like this?’ That was me. Every. Single. Morning.”
“It was pouring rain. There was a young woman cuddled under the awning with a large backpack and a cat. It was hard for me to walk away.”
“My eyes closed, and I felt weaker by the minute. Through many, many, many tears and lots of pain, I woke every 3 hours and pumped.”
“I can actually hear the sigh of relief through his words on the paper. ‘We’re still here.’ We are still defying the odds.”
“We can get so incredibly busy and burdened, we can’t see the solution right under our very own noses. Make sure you have friends like this”
“He doesn’t see his friends every day, he doesn’t have a classroom, he misses out. He was left with no option.”
“‘Do you want to see her?’ My first response was no. All I wanted to know was if she could come home.”
