Fight until you can’t breathe, & if you have to forfeit, you forfeit smiling, make them think you let them win. 

All experience adds up to a life lived as only you could. I feel sure the day will come when you can say: this is my life. 

 I began to understand that we were born in order to see and listen to the world. And that's all this world wants of us. It doesn't matter that I was never a teacher or a member of the workforce, my life had meaning. 

By staying calm, they’re showing their child that a mother can handle anything. A mother is always patient. A mother is always kind. A mother is always giving. A mother never falls apart. A mother is the buffer between her child and the cruel world.