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“I wish for my child, for all our children, a world where they can be who they are and become their most loved, blessed, appreciated selves.”
― This Is How It Always Is
― This Is How It Always Is

“You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day. You have to keep remembering all the bad things.”
― The Light Between Oceans
― The Light Between Oceans

“I can forgive and forget... it is so much less exhausting. You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day. You have to keep remembering all the bad things”
― The Light Between Oceans
― The Light Between Oceans

“Now I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child—What do you want to be when you grow up? As if growing up is finite. As if at some point you become something and that’s the end.”
― Becoming
― Becoming

“How did you teach your small human that it’s what’s inside that counts when the truth was everyone was pretty preoccupied with what you put on over the outside too?”
― This Is How It Always Is
― This Is How It Always Is
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