The Off-Limits Rule

by Sarah Adams

Again, that emotional fizziness hits my heart because I’m so used to providing everything for everyone around me that I do miss out on a lot. And it’s in this moment that I know Cooper would never be the type of man to take the sweater from my back to keep himself warm.

Everything feels good right now. How did I hold myself back from this for so long? I was trying to force myself into a picture of who I thought I should be, and it was suffocating. Now I’m here, I’m growing, breathing, and I might not be the exact image of what motherhood should be, but I am full of messy happiness, and that’s enough for me.

Flowery words are wonderful when they’re genuine.

since the day I met you, you’re all I think about, and I’m helpless to do anything about it.”