Kim

“This is what people are like. We are all so fucked up and so magical. Life is so brutal and beautiful. Life is brutiful. For all of us. I remember now. If you want to get jaded and numb, watch the news. If you want to stay human, read letters. When trying to understand humanity, seek out firsthand accounts.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living

“if I had only one wish, it would be
that I am worthy enough for my children.
that despite all my mistakes, they will
always feel loved and safe.
they will look back on me fondly,
my memory will be a source of love and peace.
if I had only one wish, it would be
that my children never have to heal from me.”
― Rose Brik, My Father's Eyes, My Mother's Rage

“when I became a mother, I could no longer turn away from the pain. how could my parents do that to me? how could my mother have thought it was okay? how could my father so easily turn away? I would do anything to protect my child from emotional and physical pain. why didn’t my parents feel the same?”
― Rose Brik, My Father's Eyes, My Mother's Rage

“when they say, "but you survived!"
I smile and nod.
I look around and look within,
for any sign of life or remnants of who I had been.
she’s gone (the girl I used to be).
my heart was destroyed, I survived only physically.
I can’t remember a day I haven't cried;
is this what it means to be alive?
they watch me barely holding onto life,
and then they say, "but you survived!”
― Rose Brik, My Father's Eyes, My Mother's Rage