Lydia

“Baby, I may have never met him, but he would be crazy not to be proud of you.” I hate how far apart we are. “Think about all the things you’ve done.” I start ticking them off on my fingers even though he can’t see them. “You survived losing your dad, got your siblings through high school, got onto a college hockey team where you then became the captain. You’re about to graduate college, while playing hockey, and dealing with your family’s shit.” He's a fucking rock star. “Those guys on the team with you? They’re proud of you, and I bet they don’t know what you’re dealing with personally. I’m fucking proud of you. The fact that your mom can’t see how much you’ve taken on, how much you’ve done for her, is her shortcoming, not yours.”
― Andi Jaxon

“I love soccer, he says, “but it’s your dream, not mine. It was always just a placeholder for me. Something to keep me distracted from what was going on inside me and the things I thought I had to hide from everyone, but it was never my dream.”
― Jonah Yorke, Sweat

“What have I ever done,” he said, “to make you think I needed you to be anything other than exactly who you are?”
― Lauren Okie, The Best Worst Thing

“Isaiah wraps an arm around his wife”
― Liz Tomforde, In Her Own League