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“My dreams weren't just a part of me; they were the core of who I was. They were a gift from God, and if my creator endowed me with something, how could it be wrong? I dug deeper and realized that my desire for growth and work only really felt wrong when I started to worry what other people might think of it. Staying at home can be a beautiful personal choice and life calling- but it wasn't mine. It was what other people wanted for my life. It was culturally what we knew, but that didn't make it right for me.”
― Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals
― Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals
“Do you know the only difference between fear and excitement is the exhalation? When you're afraid, you hold the air in the top part of your lungs. You need to exhale. Like this. Ahhhh. Like that sound people make after a firework explodes.”
― Nine Perfect Strangers
― Nine Perfect Strangers
“I meant it when I said I didn’t believe in love at first sight. It takes time to really, truly fall for someone. Yet I believe in a moment. A moment when you glimpse the truth within someone, and they glimpse the truth within you. In that moment, you don’t belong to yourself any longer, not completely. Part of you belongs to him; part of him belongs to you. After that, you can’t take it back, no matter how much you want to, no matter how hard you try.”
― A Thousand Pieces of You
― A Thousand Pieces of You
“I was living my entire life waiting for a moment to be special enough for me to look, feel and act my best, and the truth is, you don't need a special moment, or any reason at all, to do that. If not now, then when? This saying became my mantra and the answer to a dozen different questions.
Should we eat off the nice wedding china or paper plates?
Should I dress up for a date with my husband or just wear jeans again?
Bake some cookies for the neighbors?
The answers to all of these questions is the same: If not now, then when? You could spend forever planning out your someday when right now, today, this second, this is all you've got. Someday isn't guaranteed!”
― Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals
Should we eat off the nice wedding china or paper plates?
Should I dress up for a date with my husband or just wear jeans again?
Bake some cookies for the neighbors?
The answers to all of these questions is the same: If not now, then when? You could spend forever planning out your someday when right now, today, this second, this is all you've got. Someday isn't guaranteed!”
― Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals
“But the older I get the more I become aware that I was raised thinking that my real value was based on the role I would play for other people. After all, being deemed a good wife or a good mother or daughter is rarely based on how true you are to yourself.
Where I was raised, women are taught that to be a good woman you need to be good for other people. If your kids are happy, then you're a good mom. If your husband is happy, then you're a good wife. All of your value is essentially wrapped up in other people's happiness. How can anyone successfully navigate that for a lifetime?
It's no wonder so many mothers send me notes telling me they've lost themselves. Of course they have! If you live your life to please everyone else, you forget what used to make you YOU.”
― Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals
Where I was raised, women are taught that to be a good woman you need to be good for other people. If your kids are happy, then you're a good mom. If your husband is happy, then you're a good wife. All of your value is essentially wrapped up in other people's happiness. How can anyone successfully navigate that for a lifetime?
It's no wonder so many mothers send me notes telling me they've lost themselves. Of course they have! If you live your life to please everyone else, you forget what used to make you YOU.”
― Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals
Brooklyne’s 2025 Year in Books
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