Don't underestimate your own strength. To persevere. To make it through the most difficult of times.
And, JUST as importantly, don't underestimate your ability to help someone ELSE during THEIR most difficult times.
Reading fanfiction would be a lot faster if I didn’t stop reading and put my phone down for a billion years after every single time I got secondhand embarrassment from the characters or I had to to stop reading cause it was too cute and couldn’t resist rolling around on my bed thinking how my so ship is amazing
“If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s this: We all want everything to be okay. We don’t even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough.”
No matter how many times I see this scene. It’s still as painful as the first. It became even more painful after I watched “In the Beginning”. I don’t think Mary regretted making that deal to save John. But could you imagine how she felt knowing what YED did to her family. [you can remove this, but keep the link.]
Show this photo to your daughters as they grow up.
Show them that courage is important, even in the scariest of situations. This woman stood up and faced her fears, spoke her truth in front of a group of men while balancing the world on her shoulders. She is a hero. She is a representation for all women who are done being assaulted and abused.