“The house that needs cleaned, the laundry that needs folded. Life carrying on around you. Fighting rest yet simultaneously crying out for it.”

- Love What Matters
- Family
“The house that needs cleaned, the laundry that needs folded. Life carrying on around you. Fighting rest yet simultaneously crying out for it.”
“Being a mom doesn’t by any means make you incapable; it shouldn’t count you out or make your opinion, goals, and abilities any less.”
“I’m not his mom but I’m the only mom he knows. He calls me Mama Julie.”
“I noticed a tall teenaged boy there and thought it was strange considering he looked too young to be a dad. Then it hit me.”
“It may not look like celebrating in the traditional sense, as typically that doesn’t involve cemeteries and tears, but it will be our own little version of celebrating the day.”
“If you call there is a 99% chance it’ll sound like I’m at a WWE event. Please keep calling. If we venture out in public most of our time will be spent corralling our littles, never actually getting a full sentence in. Please keep visiting. When you text me you’ll likely see three dots that remain for several days until I realize I never actually sent the text. Please keep connecting.”
“I read it again. ‘A best friend you can have sex with,’ and then flipped to the inscription ‘How great is that?’ I thought about joining witness protection or calling my daughter in sick for the rest of the year so I didn’t have to face her teacher.”
“Nothing is worth more than your peace. Hold on to that, like your life depends on it (‘cause it does), and you’ll be the richest woman in the world.”
“I will never forget the friend who brought me home-cooked meals or the friends and family who came by in the first stages when I was feeling so vulnerable and it would have been easier to stay away.”
“They don’t need to win a trophy. They don’t need to be the best. They don’t even need to be any good at it. It’s OK to have a hobby, just to have a hobby.”