One of Our Own Quotes

“Mothers protect their children at all costs, but what if your child was the one others needed protection from?”
― Lucinda Berry, One of Our Own

“It's always somebody's son.”
― Lucinda Berry, One of Our Own

“I lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, unable to sleep.”
― Lucinda Berry, One of Our Own

“I provided way more than a roof over his head and all the basic necessities. I showered him with the things that were the most important—love, truth, empathy, compassion. Being a good human being. That’s the thing that was always most important to me. But nobody wanted to hear that. Nobody wanted to believe a bad kid could be raised by a good parent. That your child could be a sociopath and you would have no clue you were living with one under your roof.”
― Lucinda Berry, One of Our Own

“DSM-5: A pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others present by age 15. That’s who he was. My son didn’t care about other people.”
― Lucinda Berry, One of Our Own

“And then it struck me, like I’d been jolted with electricity. It was always somebody’s son. We assumed parents were as bad as their kids. Hunter wouldn’t be the only one considered guilty of his crimes. I would be judged just as harshly. It didn’t matter how open-minded and empathetic we pretended to be with other parents. When kids were fucked up, we pointed the finger directly at the parents, especially the mothers. I’d done the same thing my whole life. It never occurred to me that a kid could do something terrible if they had a nurturing home, with good parents who instilled good values.”
― Lucinda Berry, One of Our Own

“nobody lied without a reason.”
― Lucinda Berry, One of Our Own

“My therapist explained that depression was a cunning beast, and it could sneak up on you slowly. It didn’t always happen like you might see it portrayed in media: visible despair, days in bed, withdrawing from life. There was a kind of depression that couldn’t stop moving or working. That got up every day and wore a big smile so the ones the person loved didn’t worry. The depression that needed more and more until it became intolerable, like being force-fed something you could no longer keep down. And in that moment, the person didn’t want to die—they just wanted to feel nothing.”
― Lucinda Berry, One of Our Own

“How could this be happening? I was a good parent. Good parents didn't raise criminals.”
― Lucinda Berry, One of Our Own

“If James wasn't his father, would I still be afraid that he could be capable of this?”
― Lucinda Berry, One of Our Own

“It was easier to consider being wrong about him than it was to consider being wrong about about my own son.”
― Lucinda Berry, One of Our Own

“It's impossible to help other people's children without thinking of your own.”
― Lucinda Berry, One of Our Own