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Do people remember the exact moment they fall in love?
I wondered if this—finding someone you can laugh with when everything hurts—was the stuff happily ever afters were made of.
It’s me understanding how completely incompatible we were in our grief.”
“In every way possible. I needed to stop. To process, and maybe I stayed in that space too long. I’m sure I did, but I felt like you didn’t stop at all. It felt like you were running from everything I needed to work through. And we didn’t talk about any of it.”
I’m not sure which part is harder. Losing her or watching her lose me.”
“This body gave me my children,” I tell her, sliding down to lift her knees over my shoulders. “And it will always be beautiful to me.”
“People don’t become perfect when they become parents,”
“If anything, parenthood gives us more chances to screw things up, just with higher stakes.
You protect them from feeling awkward because you’re still in pain.
“But I want to stand with you when it rains, when the wind comes.
life isn’t about taking what you deserve, it’s about getting all you can while you can because it’s short.
