Faithit

"It’s hard to believe that someday my place as his mother will be eclipsed by your place as his wife. But it is a change that I’ll welcome, hopefully with grace and humility."

"As he walked up to me, I was already shaking my head no. All I could think was, ‘Not today! I am NOT doing this today.'"

Marry the man who will take the screaming baby as soon as he gets home from a long day at work and tells you to go grab a latte. Marry the man who hovers over your daughter at bath time every single night and prays over her sweet life.

Mama, I can see that you're tired. There are tears in your eyes and every now and then a tear rolls down your cheek. I'm sorry mama but I feel really strange in this new world. I miss home. I miss always being close to you.

"I felt isolated—people would stare at us and make rude comments."

Someday, our windows won’t have tiny fingerprints covering every square inch of their glass. Someday, the trash won’t fill so quickly, and the fridge won’t empty so fast & dishwasher won’t need ran so often, and the hamper won’t always be overflowing.

“We’re the salt and the light and if we lose our saltiness, what good are we?” she said.

I knew some would think I slept around, that I was promiscuous. I knew that girls would talk and boys would listen, but I still kept my baby.