Sometimes I Think My Whole Life Has

My Mother Used To Tell Me That When Push Comes To Shove, You Always Know Who To Turn To. That Being A Family Isn't A Social Construct But An Instinct.

I Thought Of All The Magazine Article I'd Read On Mothers Who Worked And Constantly Felt Guilty About Leaving Their Children With Someone Else. I Had Trained Myself To Read Pieces Like That And Silently Say To Myself, 'see How Lucky You Are?' But It Had Been Gnawing At The Inside, That Part That Didn't Fit, That I Never Let Myself Even Think About. After All, Wasn't It A Worse Kind Of Guilt To Be With Your Child And To Know That You Wanted To Be Anywhere But There?

I Know What It's Like When The Things You Believe Make You Feel Like You're On The Outside Looking In.

Just When You Think You've Got Your Life By The Reins, That's When It's Most Likely To Run Away With You.

There Is A Reason The Word Belonging Has A Synonym For Want At Its Center; It Is The Human Condition.