“At first parenthood was as I had expected, exhausting, sometimes heinous, and occasionally divine. I held my children close enough to feel… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
He defined me first, as parents do. Those early characterizations can become the shimmering self-image we embrace or the limited, stifling perception… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
And it occurs to me that maybe the reason my mother was so exhausted all the time wasn’t because she was doing… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
The mother is the most essential piece on the board, the one you must protect. Only she has the range. Only she… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
We'll bury our mothers and fathers - shuttling our children off for sleepovers, jumping on red-eyes, telling eachother stories that hurt to… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
This tug-of-war often obscures what's also happening between us. I am your mother, the first mile of your road. Me and all… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
“We all kind of hate each other in this minute, me most of all because I taught them the word bitch and… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
It is one thing to be a man's wife - quite another to be the mother of his children. In fact, once… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
“Those early characterizations (Our parents give us) can become the shimmering self-image we embrace or the limited, stifling perception we rail against… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
I am an average mother in almost every way, so yes, much to my regret, I do yell at my children. — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
Growing up, I saw my mother cry exactly once. The morning of her brother's funeral. One long tear ran down her cheek… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
“I shift my position on the sofa, so my head is on a big, lumpy pillow in Greenie's lap and Georgia is leanign back… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
And it occurs to me that maybe the reason my mother was so exhausted all the time wasn’t because she was doing so much… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
The truth is, I'd like to be closer to my kids. I'd like to share more with them. But that's not what this time… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
“How seriously can I take myself? I'm just one of six billion people, right?” — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
“Minds don't rest; they reel and wander and fixate and roll back and reconsider because it's like this, having a mind. Hearts don't idle;… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
Shortly before I turned 37 and my older daughter turned 3, I was diagnosed with breast cancer: stage III of IV. — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
He defined me first, as parents do. Those early characterizations can become the shimmering self-image we embrace or the limited, stifling perception we rail… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
My readers often say to me, 'If we lived next door to each other, we'd be best friends.' That is precisely what I wanted… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
“I try to be one of the exceptional people who can live with the complexity of things, who are at peace with the unknown… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
“Like the padre said, life is a mystery to be lived. Live your mystery.” — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
It's clear to you immediately that you can have anything you want when you have cancer. — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
