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"Don't be a lady, be a warrior. The warrior feeds all three of her selves: mind, spirit, body. Eat until you're full, trust your body to guide you, treat yourself like someone you love, listen to what you want and need and give it to yourself, be your own friend."

"The courage to surrender comes from knowing that the love and pain will almost kill us, but not quite."

"I'll show up and stand humble in the face of a loved ones pain. I'll admit I'm as empty-handed, dumbstruck, and out of ideas as she is. I won't try to make sense of things or require more than she can offer. I won't let my discomfort with her pain keep me from witnessing it for her. I'll never try to grab or fix her pain."

"We either allow ourselves to feel the burn of our own pain, or someone we love gets burned by it."

"My spiral staircase of progress means that my pain will be both in front of me, and behind me, every damn day. I'll never be over it, but I vow to be stronger each time I face it. I keep climbing."