“At the end of the day, I just wanted to be told it would be okay. I just wanted to be told my baby is beautiful, rather than different.”
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“At the end of the day, I just wanted to be told it would be okay. I just wanted to be told my baby is beautiful, rather than different.”
“He asked Matthew if he wanted to feel anything and Matthew said, ‘Your eyes that twinkle.’ My heart was so full.”
“I always hoped for the day I’d be cured, when I’d no longer be the patient, only the doctor, because for so long I was made to believe the two could not exist at the same time.”
“A man yelled at me from 30 feet away: ‘What the f–k? Make her walk. That’s what is wrong with kids today.’ I had a choice. Can I make myself feel better by screaming at him or can I teach him something about life?”
“I’m sure you wouldn’t allow your children to grab someone’s cane, or yank on their nasal cannula that supplies their oxygen.”
“I was determined to bring Maggie along. It was never the question if she could go, but rather how she could go.”
“Not everything in this world is lost.”
“He’s 13 and has autism. When we walked through your doorway at 5 a.m., there were people everywhere.”