"I would feel I'm depriving someone".
If I did, I'd be resentful about all the things I was depriving myself of.
But I said, 'Hello, I need a life.' I was depriving myself of having fun".
Merrell executives had been insisting that "I was depriving people of this thing," she said in the recent interview.
As I noticed this pattern, I began to wonder if I was depriving my son of some deep emotional knowledge.
And, he said, I was depriving somebody who might need a seat on the return flight that I had booked.
But more than paranoia about Maya's classmates' opportunities, I felt like I was depriving her of the chance to peek into my world and maybe even add a tally mark to the column of career influences.
By allowing myself to live in fear, I'm depriving myself of the ability to live, period.
But I couldn't shake the feeling that I was depriving her of a rewarding experience just because I didn't want to be bothered.
I looked at my baby and felt like I was depriving her of something to which she should have been entitled.
