Danica Ryan’s Reviews > Honest Motherhood: On Losing My Mind and Finding Myself > Status Update

“If I wanted to feel safe in my body, I had to learn how to access and feel my truest, most honest feelings. I needed what my kids needed: validation, compassion, safety, knowing, trust. If they needed to be heard, so did I.”

“My kids came first. And while this choice was informed by the pressures of the world, I came to realize it was also deeply connected to the ways I hadn’t felt like a priority when I was a child.”

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“Those of us who didn’t inherit a quilt have to go fabric shopping and make our own. We have to slowly stitch together a trustworthy, empathetic network, one meaningful relationship at a time. We’re never sure if we are even doing it right... Our quilt gets shredded or quilts are handed to us covered in toxic waste.” Heart-wrenching accurate depiction of the family village some don’t have.