My Mental Illness Makes It Hard To Be Loved

“I don’t need someone to tell me what to do or how to do it when it comes to depression or anxiety. All I want—all I truly want—is someone to just to love me through it.”

I Was The Perfect Mom, Until I Had Kids

“That’s when I saw you. A beautiful young woman who presumably doesn’t yet have children of her own. Another perfect (albeit, kidless) mom, just as I had been once upon a time. I recognized the look in your eyes.”