Rachel Bennett Steury > Quotes

“My guiding light wasn’t any particular God or spiritual being. I didn’t discover my chosen faith community, Unitarian Universalism, until much later. For me, it was my grandmother.”
― Rachel Bennett Steury, Losing My Kidney and Finding My Voice: Confessions of a Living Donor

“I didn’t cry until I saw them cry. It’s a consequence of being an empath. Tell me how you feel, and I can’t help but feel it too.”
― Rachel Bennett Steury, Losing My Kidney and Finding My Voice: Confessions of a Living Donor

“The consequence of a working-class life is that you sometimes must do the least glamorous and most dangerous jobs around. Decades later, I’m proud to say it was my job to advocate for workers just like him
to breathe a little easier.”
― Rachel Bennett Steury, Losing My Kidney and Finding My Voice: Confessions of a Living Donor

“The very few women I saw in leadership in my union convinced me that if I wanted to see more women in leadership, I had to support the women who were already there and be that leader myself.”
― Rachel Bennett Steury, Losing My Kidney and Finding My Voice: Confessions of a Living Donor

“Everyone has a story. Whether we decide to give of ourselves or keep all our gifts to ourselves, there will always be a backstory, even if we don’t realize what it is at the time.”
― Rachel Bennett Steury