“It wasn’t my baby I got to bond with. It was my breast pump. It wasn’t little cries waking me at night. It was my alarm. I’d sit alone in a dark corner of a room, hook myself up to a machine, and watch as liquid was forced out of my breasts while liquid flowed freely out of my eyes.”
“The systems in place are leaving women feeling lonely and traumatized. I want to advocate for those changes and be in the trenches with women as they navigate this time.”
“We held our children as they cried. Our daughter cried every day. She even asked me if Santa could get rid of Covid instead of bringing her gifts. But ours is a story about real Christmas magic.”
“It will be the greatest gift you’ll give yourself.”
“Why is it so much easier to indulge in self defeat than it is to bask in our success? You have the power to change your version of your truth, to be molded by the experiences you inherit and prevail from.”
“In 2021, I spent so much time apologizing for who I am. This year, I don’t have any resolutions. I don’t have goals. But I have a new attitude that is all about honoring myself. And I hope for this year, you do the same.”
“Me, a black woman, with a black husband, who carried and GAVE BIRTH to twin white and Hispanic babies.”
“As a mother to 5 kids, my house has its fair share of quarrels.”
“I wanted nothing more in this life than to be a mother, but he gave me only six years to get my life together. I felt so broken and angry.”
“‘Mom, we need to talk.’ When I agreed to support my son’s choice, I didn’t even think of the heartbreak I would feel being thousands of miles away from my only son on Christmas.”
