We have a non-traditional family, and if it makes people uncomfortable, it's a shame that they are not more open.

Debbie Rowe

Categorized in : People Family Shame Uncomfortable

Everybody needs a safe place, and it should be their home.

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I am possessive and protective of my babies. Their happiness means more to me than anything else on this world. I love them more than I would ever have thought was possible.

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I'm still feminine, I'm still a woman, and above all, I'm still human.

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Michael is a great person and a great father, generous and caring.

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Chemo does its best to make you lose your femininity. You lose your hair. You lose your eyelashes. You lose your eyebrows.

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I didn't sign on to be a mom.

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I'm a fighter and always have been.

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My personal life was my personal life and no one's business.

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I was never cut out to be a mother - I was no good.

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I do not wish to share any parenting responsibilities with Michael because he is doing so well without me.

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One of the saddest things in this world is to see a child grow up hating one of their parents because they only got one side of the story.

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I turned out two pretty good-looking kids. For that I am proud.

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Michael was divorced, lonely, and wanted children. I was the one who said to him, 'I will have your babies.'

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I was Michael's best friend.

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My lawyer is telling me I have to take some responsibility about the welfare of the children. Do I want the kids? Hell no. Does it look good for me to ask for them? Absolutely. I don't want to look like the woman who gave away her kids and just forgot about them.

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Michael had a very low pain tolerance, and his fear of pain was incredible. And I think that doctors took advantage of him that way.

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Michael respected doctors immensely: that they went to school, that they studied... to do no harm.

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Because you give birth, because you impregnate someone, that does not automatically give you that title of mother or father. You earn the title.

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My kids don't call me 'Mom' because I don't want them to. They're Michael's children. It's not that they are not my children, but I had them because I wanted him to be a father.

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Michael and I will always be connected with the kids. I will always be there for him. I will always be there for the children. And people make remarks: 'I can't believe she left her children.' Left them? I left my children? I did not leave my children. My children are with their father, where they are supposed to be.

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