“Real love is gritty. It sweats and waits, it causes you to hold your tongue when you want to scream obscenities in anger, and it causes many men to accomplish extraordinary feats.” — Meg Meeker Copy Share Image
“Hanging on to stuff doesn’t keep us more connected to people, places, or past moments. Our memories do that, so we can let go.… — Meg Meeker Copy Share Image
“Fatigue controls most of what you do or don’t do during the day. Everywhere you turn you feel like you simply aren’t giving enough.… — Meg Meeker Copy Share Image
“We search for something we cannot grab hold of, something that will satisfy our deep longing. But since we usually look in the wrong places, we experience feelings of hopelessness. We have lost or failed and those feelings lead us to shove hope far away. We will accept hopelessness because it makes more sense than feeling hopeful. Hopelessness is safe.… — Meg Meeker Copy Share
“We simply must accept that they are loaned to us for a time and then they are released into adulthood. When we believe this,… — Meg Meeker Copy Share Image
“But love isn't just about feeling good. It's about doing what you don't want to do, over and over again, if it needs to… — Meg Meeker Copy Share Image
“The tricky part about discovering our giftedness is that it may be in an area that feels unexpected.” — Meg Meeker Copy Share Image
“Friends who love us know that motherhood is about transitioning--and adjusting, constantly, to those changes. We must become masters of change because that is… — Meg Meeker Copy Share Image
“Our ability to appropriately process messages becomes overloaded. When we try to process too much too fast, our sensibilities become dulled and we lose… — Meg Meeker Copy Share Image
“Humility, however, prevents bullying and being bullied. When your daughter recognizes that all humans have equal value and never esteems herself above another, she… — Meg Meeker Copy Share Image
“She felt indispensable and made no apologies. She allowed herself to accept her importance and this is something many of us mothers refuse to… — Meg Meeker Copy Share Image
“Love that comes easily satisfies only a little. Love that requires us to say things that are right and good, to extend comfort and… — Meg Meeker Copy Share Image
“So when a spouse drives us crazy, we must draw on the same internal grit that we use with our kids. Instead of complaining,… — Meg Meeker Copy Share Image
