/u/CadenceQuandry's posts in /r/TwoSentenceSadness
As my mother clutched the baby to her heaving chest, sobbing, wracked with guilt and loss, I rubbed her back and whispered comforting words to her, but I knew nothing I could say would make her feel better.
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When I showed up at the hospital for the fifth time with a broken arm, the nurses finally called social services.
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She stood in front of the mirror, disgusted with herself for gaining weight once again, poking and prodding the jelly all around her body, wanting to vomit at the sight of it. NSFW
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After the surgeons closed me up, they let me know that my surgery to donate a portion of my liver to my sister went well, but my sister's surgery was touch and go.
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I called the police after he attacked me, nearly breaking my wrist for asking for gas money to go to the hospital.
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I got the call at four am that my mother had passed away, and I didn't know whether I felt numb or wanted to cry.
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Opening up to a therapist, and sharing your deepest darkest secrets is the hardest thing you will ever do.
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Happily he told me he was coming home, as the kids smiled and laughed and whooped at his announcement on the speakerphone that day.
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Sobbing as I drove to the women and children's shelter with only two garbage bags of belongings , I repeatedly apologized to them for not having been the mom they deserved this past year.
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