“It’s okay to not have a ton of friends. It’s more about quality than quantity. As you get older, you realize who your people are. I have two best friends who are moms like me. Sometimes we go a month without talking. Sometimes we talk every day in a week. It just depends on how busy life is at that time.”

“A lot of times people would ask, ‘what do you do?’ And I’d say I’m just a stay-at-home mom. I say ‘just’ like I’m somehow inferior or not good enough. But I’m realizing that just because my everyday life looks different than some other women, it doesn’t mean I’m inferior. Everyone is different. I also know there are a lot of women who would love to have the opportunity to be home with the kids. They’d love to be in my shoes. So I try not to take it lightly.”

“They don’t lie when they say being a mom is the hardest job in the world. I try to juggle it all. Sometimes I go in the closet and just cry. It’s hard to remember sometimes that I’m also a daughter, a sister, a friend, and most importantly a spouse. I have to remind myself to put my spouse first because you have to have a strong marriage or everything else crumbles.”

“Being a woman means strength, beauty, being comfortable in your own skin. It also means that one size doesn’t fit all. Try not to compete with others. Everyone walks a different path.”

“I think this pandemic has really made you realize just how short life really is. It doesn’t matter is you’re 80 or 10 or 20. You never know when it’s your time to go. So just live life to the fullest. Even the hard days. Just be glad to see another day.”