Rebekah

“The next day I left Chase a list of chores to do. He didn't finish them. When I confronted him, he said, "I'm so sorry, Mom, I've got this big physics test tomorrow. "

I said, "No, I'm sorry, Chase. I've been sending you the wrong message. I have accidentally taught you that achieving out there is more important than serving your family in here. I've taught you that home is where you spend your leftover energy, out there is where you give your best. I need to course-correct by giving you this bottom line: I don't give a rat's ass how much respect you earn for yourself out in the world if you are not showing respect to the people inside your home. If you don't get that right, nothing you do out there will matter much.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“One night, as the battle raged on, I was tucking Tish into bed. Since she knows her feelings and how to speak then clear as crystal, she looked at me and said, "Mommy. I am afraid that I'm going to lose you.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“Judgement is self-absndonment. You are not here to waste your time deciding whether my life is true and beautiful enough for you. You are here to decide if your life, relationships, and world are true and naturism enough for you. And if they are not and you dare to admit they are not, you must decide if you have the guts, the right- perhaps even the duty- to burn to the ground that which is not true and beautiful enough and get started building what is.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“Dex had never thought about it like that. "You're right, " they said. "I'm sorry."
"Don't be. This is an exchange, remember? These things will happen.”
― Becky Chambers