“‘Alright Christina, I will tell you what. Go home, take this trigger shot and just have fun. Let’s see what happens.'”
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“‘Alright Christina, I will tell you what. Go home, take this trigger shot and just have fun. Let’s see what happens.'”
Each one, even the bad, has served a purpose in my grief and I am thankful for each type.
“I thought I had this ‘taking the kids out to eat’ thing down to a science. I let my guard down. About 5 minutes in, an employee asked, ‘Ma’am, is that your son in the bathroom?’ I stared at him, confused. When I opened the bathroom door, I did the only thing that seemed natural. I laughed. Like, REALLY laughed. Tears-pouring-down-my-face, couldn’t-talk-couldn’t-breathe kind of laughing. I couldn’t get it together.”
“It was the first time I ever felt special.”
“This fight we are in right now. I need it. I need this fight. I can’t tell you this because I don’t have the language for it and it wouldn’t make sense anyway. But I need this fight. Badly.”
“Just know I probably have a good reason.”
“Now, watching my dad care for my mom, I realize love is the most powerful, the most exhausting, the most incredible way to live your life — from beginning to end.”
“Marrying a sick girl is no easy task, and it’s going to take hard work and effort on both of our parts.”
“He had meningitis. He started having seizures.”
“No matter how many times we’ve been down this road, it doesn’t get easier.”