Dawn Dais > Quotes

“Even though I can’t tell others whether they should chase their marathon dreams, I highly recommend they do something completely out of character, something they never in a million years thought they’d do, something they may fail miserably at. Because sometimes the places where you end up finding your true self are the places you never thought to look. That, and I don’t want to be the only one who sucks at something.”
― Dawn Dais, The Nonrunner's Marathon Guide for Women: Get Off Your Butt and On with Your Training

“There's a reason why you never see large-chested women finishing marathons first. They've been beaten to death by their breasts around Mile 5. It ain't pretty.”
― Dawn Dais, The Nonrunner's Marathon Guide for Women: Get Off Your Butt and On with Your Training

“It's all fun and games until you have a bad sports bra that causes your boobs to chafe.”
― Dawn Dais, The Nonrunner's Marathon Guide for Women: Get Off Your Butt and On with Your Training

“I am not the only parent in the history of the planet to have their asses handed to them by something they could fit in a purse.”
― Dawn Dais, The Sh!t No One Tells You: A Guide to Surviving Your Baby's First Year

“When there are no words, know that the silences are carrying the thoughts and prayers of all who love you.”
― Dawn Dais

“As it stands now we are all told that breastfeeding is the ONLY option for feeding your child, if you actually love that child and ever want them to have more than a third-grade level reading ability. If you don’t breastfeed your baby you might as well just drop it off immediately at your local prison, because that is where it’s going to end up anyway, with such a horrible start to its life. Breastfeeding is beautiful and natural and the best and only socially acceptable way to nourish your baby. It is the most natural thing on the planet, you see. Fast-forward to a severely sleep-deprived, hormone-riddled new mom whose baby is not latching on correctly. If maybe perhaps she had been warned that breastfeeding would not necessarily be easy-peasy, then maybe perhaps she wouldn’t have to add “severe guilt” and “feelings of extreme failure as a woman and mother” to her already long list of postpartum difficulties. So say it with me now: “Breastfeeding is really f’n hard.” Repeat it to yourself, even as you attend classes and read books.”
― Dawn Dais, The Sh!t No One Tells You: A Guide to Surviving Your Baby's First Year

“You’ll know you’ve officially become sleep deprived when you have the unique feeling of being drunk, high, and on a psychiatric hold all at the same time. Some”
― Dawn Dais, The Sh!t No One Tells You: A Guide to Surviving Your Baby's First Year

“But such a person also has that annoying voice in the back of her head constantly reminding her that merely "coasting by" in life isn't an accomplishment.”
― Dawn Dais, The Nonrunner's Marathon Guide for Women: Get Off Your Butt and On with Your Training