“as you get older, you realize that you’re not always right and there’s so many things you could’ve handled better, so many situations where you could’ve been kinder and all you can really do is forgive yourself and let your mistakes make you a better person.”

“If you can’t do anything about it then let it go. Don’t be a prisoner to things you can’t change.”

Value yourself. The only people who appreciate a doormat are people with dirty shoes.

“We… need to forgive ourselves… for all the things we didn’t do. All the things we should have done. You can’t get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened.”

“you’re so polite with your sadness. you don’t want to ruin this for anyone.”

my home will not know anger. the walls will not hear screams- not of fear, not of frustration- and the counters will never bear marks of items being bitterly slammed down after a long day. the floors will know of dancing, not of stomping in annoyance, and the photos on the walls will only shake when children chase each other during games.