Navdha

“I feel like I have lost myself. I want to find the “Me” that went away with you. The part of me that loved so unceasingly without condition. The part of me that loved the way you taught me how to love. The part of me that felt more real than I ever felt before. No one seems to find that “Me” and I can’t find Me either.”
― Kate McGahan, Only Gone From Your Sight: Jack McAfghan's Little Therapy Guide to Pet Loss and Grief

“Some children grow up before their parents.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, P for Pessimism: A Collection of Funny yet Profound Aphorisms

“if you tell her she can come home just because she’s lonesome, then how is she going to grow up to be a strong individual, to stand on her own two feet as you know she will have to in this life? If you let her come home, how is she ever going to understand that she has to commit herself to fulfilling the responsibilities she’s taken on? She needs to grow up.”
― C. Vivian Stringer, Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph

“Only those who have long stopped growing mentally have a problem with growing older.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana