The Boy Between: A Mother and Son's Journey From a World Gone Grey

by Josiah Hartley

The truth is there isn’t much that life can throw at you that is harder than watching your child suffer.

‘Because sometimes the bravest thing you can do for someone is set everything else aside, including your judgement – and just listen.’

I’ve learned that it’s okay to change direction – and that something that happens in a period of your life doesn’t have to, and should not, define the rest of your life.

‘A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.’ Washington Irving

‘Be the change you want to see in the world.’