Forever and Back (Life on the Ledge Duet, #1)

by Ashley Manley

“People tell you about potty training and sleepless nights, but they don’t tell you how fucking hard being a mom is.” Her eyebrows shoot to the sky at my language, but I don’t apologize or stop. “About the slow drain that happens if you aren’t careful. How you exchange who you are for a different version of yourself without even knowing. Somewhere between dinners and homework and car lines, you forget yourself. And, somehow, despite how hard and thankless it all feels, when you lie in bed at night, you still worry. You still wonder, did I do good enough today? Did I love these little people enough? Encourage them to be nice people and treat others fairly? Do they know how valuable they are? How much I love them?”