“Tonight, my boyfriend said ‘thank you for cooking’ after I put frozen chicken strips in the oven.”
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“Tonight, my boyfriend said ‘thank you for cooking’ after I put frozen chicken strips in the oven.”
“Mothers all over the world are literally being tortured. And I guess when you ask or complain about it, you’re met with, ‘Well if you can’t hack it then you shouldn’t have had kids.’ I mean calm down Betty.”
“I glanced in the backseat and saw a grocery bag on the floor that hadn’t been there before. There’s never anything in ‘the mom bag’ that would look valuable to an outsider. But I know its worth. It speaks of mothering that does not end.”
“I had my first COVID pregnancy breakdown yesterday.”
“I should have been waking up early to apply her makeup and put her hair into a dancer’s bun. Instead of staying home and being sad, they banned together, grabbed their costumes, and danced the day through from a distance.”
“I remember the drive to the hospital, telling Jose I wasn’t ready, that I couldn’t do this, and just crying. He grabbed my hand and told me, ‘Baby, no matter what happens today, no matter how long or short her life is, she will know if nothing else LOVE.’ Scared and shaking, I received her on my chest. Our 60 minutes in heaven started.”
“She’s had 100 brain surgeries. I’ve sat alone in a waiting room in the middle of the night after signing consent forms for emergency surgery, not knowing how she was going to be when she made it out. If she made it out. But it’s obvious she’s not giving up.”
“My friend shared that she was inspired on her way home from her essential job one day. She emphasized she used the word ‘inspired’ intentionally because the train of thought just appeared to her like a gift.”
“You didn’t get the ‘healthy one.’ But still, you hold up your head, move forward, and smile. You never back down. Your motherhood was not the way that you planned. But today you love more—and stronger you stand.”
“I wanted to see what the US had to offer. Spending time with the family. Making new memories. Laughing. Eating. Drinking. Having fun. Thanks to COVID-19, that may be the new way to travel for many.”