I Was Told There’d Be a Village Quotes

“Instead of feeling liberated by our solitude, I felt suffocated by it.”
― Melissa Wirt, I Was Told There'd Be a Village: Transforming Motherhood through the Power of Connection

“We need to remind ourselves (and everyone else) that we matter. And we need to remember that tending to ourselves doesn’t negate our ability to love and nurture our families.”
― Melissa Wirt, I Was Told There'd Be a Village: Transforming Motherhood through the Power of Connection

“Parenting Culture Is Broken, and Moms Are Not Okay ISOLATION MINDSET: I’m fine. Everything’s fine. Parenting is supposed to be hard. I’ve got this. VILLAGE MINDSET: Everything is not fine. This isn’t normal. Being a mom shouldn’t feel this hard or this isolating. We’re being set up to fail, and we need to make a change.”
― Melissa Wirt, I Was Told There'd Be a Village: Transforming Motherhood through the Power of Connection