May B. Quotes

“So many things
I know about myself
I've learned from others.
Without someone else to listen,
to judge,
to tell me what to do,
and choose
who I am,
do I get to decide for myself?”
― Caroline Starr Rose, May B.

“Some days I sit in the rocker,
the quilt about me though it's hot outside.
I shun the sunlight,
groan to think of the water I must fetch,
the steps I'll have to take,
the work that's needed
just to exist.”
― Caroline Starr Rose, May B.

“Time was made
for others,
not for someone
all alone.”
― Caroline Starr Rose, May B.

“I’m helping everyone except myself.”
― Caroline Starr Rose, May B.

“I am
Mavis Elizabeth Betterly.
I am
used to hard work.
I can
run a household better
than Mrs. Oblinger ever could.
What does it matter,
those things
that
hold me back?

What does it matter
when I make mistakes?
They don't
make me
who
I
am.”
― Caroline Starr Rose, May B.