Mariah MacCarthy > Quotes

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― Mariah MacCarthy, My Boy, Their Son

“But underneath being okay was the very real fact that my whole Self had been shattered. For a while, I didn’t know how to be a person anymore. I abruptly lost my capacity for small talk, and I would soon discover that crowds were impossible. Not subway crowds, but crowds of acquaintances, crowds with whom I was expected to interact.”
― Mariah MacCarthy, My Boy, Their Son

“And I held him, and I walked him over to the window, and I showed him the world outside. And I said, “Okay, buddy, it’s a big scary world out there, but I’ll always be there for you.” And I told him “I love you,” over and over. And I said, “I don’t want to do this,” over and over. And then there was nothing else to say, and I was just holding him in silence for as long as I could.”
― Mariah MacCarthy, My Boy, Their Son

“The people in my life would never understand my experience, and therefore never fully understand me.”
― Mariah MacCarthy, My Boy, Their Son

“You know the cliché about falling in love the minute you meet your child? For me, it was 100 percent true. It was instantaneous.”
― Mariah MacCarthy, My Boy, Their Son