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1 " I live in the big house we’ve owned since David was a boy. I renovate when the whim takes me, and it takes me often, and the renovations are expensive. I get my hair done every fortnight, and I buy premium brands and I never, ever have to worry about how to pay the bills. Maybe I gave up some things to stay with Wyatt, and maybe even once he was an adult, I did it for David. I just don’t kid myself any more that there isn’t something in this life for me too. "
― Kelly Rimmer , A Mother's Confession
2 " personally. I don’t need any more of your “help”, so have yourself a great day. "
3 " All I know is that I made a decision to follow David back here to the country because I believed that was what we needed – what he needed – and I didn’t spare a single thought to what I actually wanted for myself. "
4 " Ingrid. You must be Olivia.’ ‘Nice to meet you, Ingrid. Come on in and… please excuse the mess.’ I step out of the doorway, and Ingrid joins me in the expansive lobby. She looks around, and I see her eyes taking it all in – the white porcelain tiles on the floor, the high ceiling, the furniture and décor. I follow her gaze around the room and suddenly I’m remembering how "
5 " If a man hits his wife once, she should leave, and if she stays – well, she deserves everything she gets after that. "
6 " parenting is investing everything you have into another human being, and then gradually releasing your grip on them. You need to let them make their own mistakes right there in front of you while you’re still around to pick up the pieces afterwards, and trust them to find their way eventually. "
7 " I don’t want to be here any more – I want to go and live my own life. I’ve earned it. Why would you even stop me? We don’t talk, we don’t have much of a life together – it’s just time for me go. "
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