Status Updates From Holding Hailey (Alaska Bliz...

I’m a true believer in a woman’s right to choose, but in my mind, abortion isn’t a method of birth control.

This wasn’t Hailey’s fault. I’m happy to pay for the damage, but she needs this job and⁠—

No. I don’t need a job where management doesn’t protect the employees from an abusive bouncer. His job is to keep creeps from touching us, stalking us when we leave, going after us…and he does those things himself. Screw that. I have way too much self-respect to work at a place that protects guys like him.

I watched you win the gold; I’m a big fan.

Oh, um, thank you.

How come you’re working here? Don’t you guys win money?

Yeah, but in a team sport it’s split evenly, so my share wasn’t enough to keep me from needing a job.

be the best dad I can be if she wants to keep it,

(Keep “it”?!)

An unplanned pregnancy is certainly inconvenient, especially for her, but you’ll never be ready to be a father. The first time you hold that helpless little baby in your arms and you realize you’re all that infant has, it’s overwhelming and terrifying. Then instinct kicks in, and you figure it out as you go. You’re a good man, Kane Hatcher.

she’d been the only parent I ever truly had. Funny and nurturing but also strict about certain things and tough as nails if you messed with her.

When you tell your friends what’s going on, especially if it’s something bad, they tend to back away. No one wants to be around Debbie Downer, you know?

That’s your experience with friends when you’re going through a tough time? You need better friends.

Six months of centralized living and training meant taking a year off from law school and not being able to earn any money.

Coming home to the disaster awaiting me only made things worse.

Getting pregnant was like icing on a crap cupcake.

“Pro-choice doesn’t mean pro-abortion. Every situation is different.”

Holy f#cking $h!t, I’m pregnant.

I stand up to my full five-foot-seven-inch height.

I’m twenty-six and at a pivotal time in my career. I think I want to wait until hockey’s over, you know? I don’t want to be on the road eight months of the year and miss everything.

“We have one day together. I don’t want to waste it at a party.”

“Time together is never a waste.”

DNF but 110% done