Because I didn’t think that a cesarean would come for me, either, as if my body was too elite for such an operation.
I distinctly remember the instructor at my birthing class tell us to take a look around, because statistically one-third of us sitting there would end up having a c-section. And yet, the instruction on c-section was still so minimal in this class. I also thought to myself "yeah, but it won't be me." And I had good reason to think this. Despite that staggering statistic, of all the women who were in my life at that time, not one of my closest friends or family had had one. So why should I think I would?
“People say that eyes are windows to the soul.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“She said, 'I'm so afraid.' And I said, 'why?,' and she said, 'Because I'm so profoundly happy, Dr. Rasul. Happiness like this is frightening.' I asked her why and she said, 'They only let you be this happy if they're preparing to take something from you.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“Henry, this isn't about us. I mean it is, but they don't define you by the button you wear. They define you by what you do, by what your actions say about you. And coming here, despite your parents, says a lot to them- and me. And they're Americans first. They don't see you as the enemy. They see you as a person.”
― Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
― Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
“The hardest choices in life aren't between what's right and what's wrong but between what's right and what's best.”
― Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
― Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
“He'd do what he always did, find the sweet among the bitter.”
― Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
― Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
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