“Sadie’s first birthday celebration was standing room only, and her 2nd birthday party was just my family of four. We were alone in this journey.”
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“Sadie’s first birthday celebration was standing room only, and her 2nd birthday party was just my family of four. We were alone in this journey.”
“I am adopted, and I am so very lucky.”
“Mental illness is a disease. I will die with this disease, but it will not kill me. It will not control how I live.”
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“Our bodies were numb. We immediately felt empty and completely alone inside. ‘How can this nightmare be real?'”
“A few people have mentioned to me, ‘How does your eyeliner look so good still?’”
“Without thinking, the words literally just came out of my mouth. I remember calling my husband. ‘There is paperwork in the printer I need you to look at when you come home. I want to adopt a little boy from school,’ I told him. ‘Are you sure?’ ‘I am.’ ‘Then what do I have to do to get the house ready?’ We all agreed, we were doing this.”
“It’s exhausting.”
“You never know what’s going on.”
“When we decided to bring a broken child into our home I never knew how much transparency it would bring out in me.”