Lindsay

“Attraction isn’t something that only happens once, with one person. It’s part of what drives humans. Our attraction to each other, to art, to food, to entertainment. Attraction is fun. So when you decide to commit to someone, you aren’t saying, ‘I promise I’ll never be attracted to anyone else.’ You’re saying, ‘I promise to commit to you, despite my potential future attraction to other people.’” I look at Clara. “Relationships are hard for that very reason. Your body and your heart don’t stop finding the beauty and the attraction in other people simply because you’ve made a commitment to one person. If you ever find yourself in a situation where you’re drawn to someone else, it’s up to you to remove yourself from that situation before it becomes too hard to fight.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“MOTHERHOOD HAS TAUGHT ME THAT LOVE IS NOT A FEELING IT IS A BURNING DESIRE TO TRY A LITTLE HARDER THAN I DID YESTERDAY”
― Bunmi Laditan, Dear Mother: Poems on the Hot Mess of Motherhood

“The quickest way to get cut off from naked Twister is to act like working outside the house makes you exempt from equal parenting. Mofo.”
― Bunmi Laditan, Toddlers Are A**holes: It's Not Your Fault

“dear mother,

our daughters watch us
to see what they'll be expected to be
and our sons watch us
to see what they'll be able to get away with”
― Bunmi Laditan, Dear Mother: Poems on the hot mess of motherhood