Maggie Moves On

by Lucy Score

“I hate it when houses have backstories. It makes you spend more.”

Busyness was purpose. And she appreciated having a constant sense of purpose.

“I don’t need to look like a hero if it makes someone else look like a victim.”

He liked it when people were too busy making things work to feel sorry for themselves.

“You can learn a lot more about a person on a bad day than you can on a good day.”

Not getting hurt isn’t a good enough reason to not enjoy yourself. You tell me when you’re ready.”

But you can’t wait for everyone to be comfortable when it comes to you living your life. You’re the only one who gets to live it. So you might as well do what you want.

“I want to go back to work,” she confessed. “I mean, don’t get me wrong. Keaton is the best thing to ever happen to me. Insert all the other things a modern mother is supposed to say about her child being the center of her universe. But dammit. It’s not enough for me. I don’t want a three-year-old to be my best friend. I don’t want to give up on a career I love just because a human fell out of my vagina.”

“Babies do not complete you. Babies do not make you a fully realized woman. Neither does a man. That’s a truth we all have to learn the hard way.”