Your Bullies [top]: Mommy Loves

But I can’t teach you how to survive. Not really. Because survival is ugly. Survival is the shove in the hallway. Survival is the whispered joke at the back of the bus. Survival is the moment you realize that not everyone is playing by the same rules.

So yes. Mommy loves your bullies. Not for who they are—little monsters in training—but for what they force you to become. mommy loves your bullies

I’m sorry I can’t protect you from everything. I’m sorry I let them scrape up your knees and your pride. I’m sorry that the only way to build a backbone is to break a heart first. But I can’t teach you how to survive