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All you need to do is wake up to what’s holding you back, make new, powerful choices about what you focus on, ensmarten yourself about money, and go for it like you ain’t never gone for it before.
“Through writing, I feel power for maybe the first time in my life. I don’t have to say somebody else’s words. I can write my own. I can be myself for once. I like the privacy of it. Nobody’s watching. Nobody’s judging. Nobody’s weighing in. No casting directors or agents or managers or directors or Mom. Just me and the page. Writing is the opposite of performing to me. Performing feels inherently fake. Writing feels inherently real.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“I am but paper. Brittle and thin. I am held up to the sun, and it shines right through me. I get written on, and I can never be used again. These scratches are a history. They’re a story. They tell things for others to read, but they only see the words, and not what the words are written upon. I am but paper, and though there are many like me, none are exactly the same. I am parched parchment. I have lines. I have holes. Get me wet, and I melt. Light me on fire, and I burn. Take me in hardened hands, and I crumple. I tear. I am but paper. Brittle and thin.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“Maybe I feel this way now because I viewed my mom that way for so long. I had her up on a pedestal, and I know how detrimental that pedestal was to my well-being and life. That pedestal kept me stuck, emotionally stunted, living in fear, dependent, in a near constant state of emotional pain and without the tools to even identify that pain let alone deal with it. My mom didn't deserve her pedestal. She was a narcissist. She refused to admit she had any problems, despite how destructive those problems were to our entire family.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“The fragility of Mom’s life is the center of mine.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“She took care of me and my brothers, I’m sure that was really hard for her.’
‘That was her job.’
I feel interrogated, like I can’t say the right thing. I speed up, trying to explain myself.
‘Well, but I mean this was different from most parents.’ Shit. I hated how that came out.
‘How so?’
I pause to compose myself. Laura won’t rattle me. I speak in an even, measured tone.
‘She sacrificed everything for me. She constantly went without so she could take care of me. She put me first, ahead of herself.’
‘Hmm. And do you think that’s healthy?’
What kind of fresh hell is this? What is this impossible-to-ace quiz? I have no idea how I’m supposed to be answering to make Mom look good.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
‘That was her job.’
I feel interrogated, like I can’t say the right thing. I speed up, trying to explain myself.
‘Well, but I mean this was different from most parents.’ Shit. I hated how that came out.
‘How so?’
I pause to compose myself. Laura won’t rattle me. I speak in an even, measured tone.
‘She sacrificed everything for me. She constantly went without so she could take care of me. She put me first, ahead of herself.’
‘Hmm. And do you think that’s healthy?’
What kind of fresh hell is this? What is this impossible-to-ace quiz? I have no idea how I’m supposed to be answering to make Mom look good.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
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