“Our babies will always need us, just as we will always need them. It’s hard to let go, but all the sweeter when they choose to come home.”
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“Our babies will always need us, just as we will always need them. It’s hard to let go, but all the sweeter when they choose to come home.”
“She is physically ill. Her back is injured from her fluctuating weight throughout her pregnancies. But she wants to be a joy for her children, so healing can wait.”
“When she asked me how I was, I told her, ‘Linda, I’m tired.’ And that’s when she said, ‘I got you, Baby.'”
“Your job is not to fix your child or their problems, but you can let them know you are right there with them and together you’ll find healthy ways to cope.”
“I’d just gotten to the freeing point in a mom’s life. You know, where your kids are self-sufficient enough to give you a minute to breathe, to get dishes or laundry done, or even just take a shower without worrying about them. I knew there was no way I could be pregnant. Nor did I want to be.”
“To lose a child, in the beginning of her prime, when she had so many dreams to fulfill and so many lives yet to touch, is a journey no one should have to take.”
“Adoption is beautiful and painful at the same time. But I believe the way my daughter expressed it is true for all of us: the thing that was missing is finally there.”
“Perspective takes us into the trenches of tragedy and then places us on the mountaintop, refreshed and refocused on the splendor all around us.”
“I must say goodbye to being the only one to comfort him when his heart has been hurt. I must say goodbye to being the only one to see the shimmer in his eyes when he does something for the first time he’s proud of. I must say goodbye to the little boy who grew my heart in more ways than I could ever describe. And I’ll hope and pray that it was all enough.”
“She continued, ‘Please know it had nothing to do with you.’ I’d been waiting my entire life to hear those words. The hug she gave me seemed to last forever. It was truly out of a Lifetime movie.”