Chiara Barone

“I hope that I can find the happiness that I choose. I hope that even small moments like this can bring joy to me and my mom. I see the hope in my mom. Hope that I’ve learned from her, that I won’t make her mistakes. I hope that one day I can be as resilient and strong as my mother. That I can accomplish half of the shit she’s done at her age. With or without a partner by her side.”
― Emma Miller, The Pros and Cons of Us

“And for the first time since the night I found out, I cry about my parents and the fact that they’re splitting up. But I don’t cry for myself. I cry for my mom because she’s just like me. Because she’s probably hurting the way I would if I was losing someone I loved and thought loved me. Because I’ve been there in different ways. And she’s been in my shoes in different ways. Because my mom is my mom, yes, but my mom is also a little girl deep down, I just never took the time to notice.”
― Emma Miller, The Pros and Cons of Us

“That loving myself wasn’t something I had to prove to anyone, it was just something I needed to do.”
― Emma Miller, The Pros and Cons of Us

“I don’t think I’ve ever been happier to feel so out of control. I’m happy to feel that way if you’re the cause,”
― Emma Miller, The Pros and Cons of Us