"We aren't obligated to get her 5 surgeries to keep her alive another 3-6 months"
I'm convinced y'all do ts to feel better about yourselves. If you proactively made the decision to bring a sick child into the world, you might as well do your BEST to make sure she stays here.
It’s always the mothers who have to dedicate their lives to caring for these children.
I’ve worked with disabled kids and it’s ALWAYS the mothers. The fathers are never as involved, as attentive, as informed as the mother on the child’s needs. Always the mothers.
The thing I always hate about going to any family's house is that women don't get to be guests. Men do. We have to immediately offer to help cook, serve, clean, etc. If not, it's not "polite." You're looked down upon for resting as a guest. I've never had guests in my home do anything.
Do not let people gaslight you into thinking that duality does not exist. You can be grateful and annoyed. You can want more and be grateful for what you have. You can be angry and frustrated and still be grateful. A lot of religious and spiritual gaslighting out here.
once you cut people out of your life, you need to become very comfortable with them talking bad and making things up about you. bc they will fill your silence and your absence with stories that make them feel better about losing access to you. people rarely take accountability when it’s easier to paint you as the villain.
Too much of the professional world is designed around the idea that people must have everything figured out in their early 20s. But life doesn't work that way for everyone.
I want my company to be a place that recognizes that talent has no expiration date.
That is exactly why I want to create opportunities for women like me, women whose journeys may not have followed the timeline society expected, but who still have so much potential, ambition, and value to offer.