You survived the abuse, you’re going to survive the recovery.

By coming forward and sharing your story, you don't know the countless lives you change.

You make sacrifices to become a mother, but you really find yourself and your soul.

But trust can take you a long way. And my faith takes me a long way. And I think that our pains, our vulnerabilities, and our insecurities can fuel us to be better. To try harder. To dig deeper.

I realize that you have to show up for your life.

~Before you have kids, when you're on a plane and there's a screaming kid, all you can think is, Give me earplugs! As soon as I became a mom, though, I got it. You find yourself asking, 'What can I do? You want me to hold him?' Because you think about the time your kids was screaming, and there was the one parent who looked at you and smiled. And that compassion was everything.~

The experience of being cared for is profound, and it nourishes the soul as much as the food does the body.