“Our babies benefit from the different comforting methods each parent brings to the table.”
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“Our babies benefit from the different comforting methods each parent brings to the table.”
“The energy in the air felt thick—off in some way. But I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. ‘It must be nerves about the move,’ I rationalized.”
“Our kids should be okay. Except they’re not.”
“We begrudgingly sent our children off to school today absolutely sick to our stomachs. Hugging them so much tighter than the day before, choking back tears. As mothers, we’re full of rage. As mothers, we’re going to act. Because if our government refuses to protect our children, we will.”
“He gave me this long, confused, why-would-a-grown-human-do-anything-they-didn’t-want-to-do look like he’d really found some hole in the plot of my life. ‘Because visiting this place isn’t about me. It’s about your mom, and I love her.'”
“In this house, love is shown in many ways, but golly I’m grateful that most of those ways are big, loud, and obvious.”
“I wanted to put myself through a small fraction of discomfort to show my wife, ‘I acknowledge your suffering and I am eternally grateful for these children you carried.'”
“Lots of things have helped me on my mental health journey, but one of the most powerful gifts has been BEING HONEST about mental illness.”
“I wish I could change the way I feel, the way I think, and the way I am, but I can’t.”
“I kiss my own two precious children goodbye and picture the impossible choice of saving their mother or saving someone else’s precious child.”