“I remember thinking, ‘This is how I’m going to go… But I don’t want Bobby to have to be a single father!’ Little did I know he was thinking the same thing.”
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“I remember thinking, ‘This is how I’m going to go… But I don’t want Bobby to have to be a single father!’ Little did I know he was thinking the same thing.”
‘I want you to mess up. I want you to get distracted by your phone at story time. I want for you to fight in front of your kids. I want you to leave your power-sliding van door open. I want you to yell.”
“I hated drugs, but I also couldn’t be away from them. My family had no idea what to do. You name it, they tried it in hopes of getting their son back – but it got a lot worse before it got better.”
“No matter how long you’ve known that final goodbye was coming, you’ll never be ready.”
“You adore a woman who will forever be a little girl who lost her daddy. The very first man who loved her is no longer hers to have.”
“The guy at the gym eating his lean diet has plenty of time. With those abs and big arms, I bet he is just waiting to slide into the DM’s of some Instachick. Well, not ‘ole chubby-guts!”
“Our nursery sat untouched. I couldn’t open the door. There was no need for 3 burping pillows. But, there was one box that sat in our basement for nearly 2 years. I held my breath as I opened that final storage box.”
“I got a phone call. It was late. I was advised to get on a plane. Dad would not make it through the night. While holding onto his hand, I tried to talk to him, but I could not. All the things I hadn’t said. All the things I hadn’t told him.”
“He was confused. He was tired. I couldn’t even be upset. ‘We will find it. It’s ok.’ My heart said we would. My brain knew we wouldn’t. Right then, I accepted he was going to die, and he was going to do that without his ring.”
“I see you, military wife/husband. I see you standing quietly by their side as praise is given for their service.”