No one shows up for a woman the way another woman does.

I was convinced I was failing as a mother.

My struggles with parenting were simply a matter of understanding that what another person needs is not always what we think they need.

She leaned her head back

and inhaled her worthiness

and exhaled courage.

Your heart is still beating and is teaching you to be the person you needed when you were hurting.

Sometimes we don’t know what we need to hear until we hear it.

The words “I’m proud of you” are another way of saying “I see you.”