struggle along

“Each other’s sadness doesn’t make us sad as much as each other’s struggles comfort us to see that we’re not alone. We’re seen. We’re felt. We’re not trying to tell a sad story with a bummer ending. The story has a happy ending. But the struggle along the way should make people feel that their own struggles are real too.”

Still, I felt sick that I'd made my son struggle along behind me with his backpack in the hot sun.

"I started my struggle along with them."

Many of us want to find ways that our voices can flourish together, but we must anticipate that it might take what sounds like struggle along the way.

I wanted them to know that it’s OK to fall down and it’s OK to have lots of bumps and bruises and really struggle along the way.”