Ryleigh

“God calls us to obey Him. God does not call us to obey every wish and whim of other people. God calls us to love other people. God does not call us to demand that they love us back and meet every need we have.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are

“A hurtful statement can be called a mistake. But a repeated pattern of hurtful statements or uncaring attitudes or even unjust expectations is much more than a mistake. These patterns are misuses of the purposes of a relationship. Why is this so crucial to understand? Because unchecked misuse of a relationship can quickly turn into abuse in a relationship.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are

“If you can only love a child that exists within the boundaries of your expectations- if you would harm them to make them what you want-then you have no business being a parent at all.”
― Ivelisse Housman, Unseelie

“It was like there was a code that everyone knew but me, and they all hated me for not being able to puzzle it out.”
― Ivelisse Housman, Unseelie