Dearest Quotes

“Maybe that is the burden of motherhood: to give all that you can and know that it will never be enough.”
― Jacquie Walters, Dearest

“How did mothers survive before the internet? And then it hits her: before the internet, mothers had mothers. They had the older generation to show them how to burp the baby, how to get poop stains out of cotton, how to relieve newborn gas pains. They had helping hands to prep bottles and change diapers, cook meals and brew fresh coffee.”
― Jacquie Walters, Dearest

“It's easier this way, when there is no definition, when there is no barrier between what is real and what might not exist at all.”
― Jacquie Walters, Dearest

“letdown
noun [s]
1. the painful release of milk every two hours
2. life since Iris was born”
― Jacquie Walters, Dearest

“Time has a habit of folding in on itself if not watched closely.”
― Jacquie Walters, Dearest

“She could break down right now, she really could. She’s on that edge of exhaustion where tears come easily and it is hard to not see everything through a dark lens.”
― Jacquie Walters, Dearest