Savannah Pietrowski

“I saw her body tense with another contraction. “Okay, ready? Here we go. Big breath in and hold it, and we’re pushing for ten seconds. One, two, three—good job—four, five, making good progress…seven, eight, nine. Gooood.” Hannah gasped with the pain. “I know it hurts,” I said. “But just think, now you’ll know what it feels like for a man with a cold.” Jessica’s favorite delivery line.”
― Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World

“My parents had never love me unconditionally. Never/ So then why was I loving them that way? Why did they deserve that? Why did I think I had to sell my would instead of them maybe learning to be open-minded or tolerant or just quiet about the choices their children were making?”
― Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World

“I always think that when we’re quiet, we’re agreeing to be harmless to each other. That we’re just sharing the same space and letting each other exist exactly as we are, and neither of us would hurt or upset the other one.”
― Abby Jimenez, Yours Truly

“It’s amazing how someone can touch you, even if you only know them for a moment in time. How they can change you, alter you indelibly.”
― Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World