"You heard me tell her we had a long drive home and she needed to use the potty. You heard her tell me she was scared the toilet would flush while she was sitting on it."
“This is the story of a little girl’s love of a green dress, a mother who tries to instill independence, and how those two things came together in the most epic and brilliant combination possible."
"That 2020 has sucked is not your fault nor is it your burden. You are not cursed or bad luck or in any way a problem because you were born this year."
"The doctors should have listened when I told them that I had tested positive. I was relying on them. They told me, ‘You shouldn’t be worried, this is a normal virus, babies get them, this is her immune system getting stronger.’“
"No one saw you, when a snoring exhausted man lay next to you, so the night shift was yours. I know you feel invisible when you’ve changed another poo, made another bottle, had another nipple bitten, made another snack."
We frequently talk with our kids about making good choices. Evaluate the pros and cons, and make the good choice. But what if there isn’t one? What if all the choices just suck?