You’ll Never Know, Dear | The Meaning Behind the Design
“You’ll Never Know, Dear” is a line from the famous song, “You are my Sunshine”. My mom would sing it to me as a little girl all the time. I had never really thought about the lyrics before adulthood. However, now I find them relevant in so many situations. I talked about one meaning this song has for me in my post, The 72 Hour Wait | An Adoptive Parent Prospective. However, in that post, the lyric that had the most effect on my was, “Please Don’t Take my Sunshine Away”.
However, “You’ll Never Know, Dear” is the lyric in the song that has had the most meanings throughout my life. Whenever I am going through a struggle in life that another person wouldn’t fully understand, this line comes to mind…
Failing to conceive for YEARS…
You’ll Never Know, Dear…
Going through infertility testing…
You’ll Never Know, Dear…
Going through four unsuccessful rounds of IUI…
You’ll Never Know, Dear…
Going through two unsuccessful rounds of IVF…
You’ll Never Know, Dear…
Going through the adoption process…twice…
You’ll Never Know, Dear…
And today I use this line (for it’s original meaning) every night when I kiss my sleeping daughters’ heads knowing that they will never fully comprehend the amount of love that I have for them…
I started Struggle Shuttle to encourage the normalization of vulnerably. Throughout the blog I share my personal struggles with infertility, adoption, and parenthood. I chose this line to represent my brand because of it’s versatility to encompass any struggle in life one may be going through. I opened my store, Shop the Struggle, with merchandise representing Struggle Shuttle as well as this phrase in an effort to normalize vulnerability. So now you can literally wear your vulnerabilities on your sleeve and START STRUGGLING IN STYLE!
CLICK HERE to Shop the Struggle and START STRUGGLING IN STYLE!
22 Comments
Anosa Malanga
I love your story! It’s a good thing that there is this kind of niche. We get to be able to learn from others experience and thanks for sharing your story.
swathiiyer
These are great designs. I like the story behind it. For each victory there is struggle.
Rosemary
Like the name a lot. Such cute designs and appropriate for so many situations.
Catalina
Wow! What a beautiful story! These designs are very inspiring!
Kathy
I’m loving all these designs. I really love the story behind it all as well. It’s nice to see these designs out there. I love it.
Clarice
Wow! Congratulations. These are really beautiful especially the pink ones. Love that line and it’s a good reminder for all of us.
Lynndee
I have always loved personalized things so it’s great that you have that option of designing or creating your own thing.
spruitt8
I love the story behind this. It makes it so much more powerful. I too, went through infertility, so I understand this. So glad you have your daughters now!
Anitra
You have some really great designs for moms of all kinds!
Tasheena
Thanks for sharing your beautiful story and the back story of the name.
Heather
I knew exactly what song it was when I saw the words. That was my Papa’s favorite song of all time.
Melissa Chapman of The Staten Island Family
This is such an inspirational story. Fertility is one of those things lucky people take for granted
Nishtha
This is beautiful! Thanks for sharing and GL for your store! Love the items
Amber Myers
You have some great merchandise and I love the story behind it. I’m so glad you’re open!
GiGi Eats Celebrities
Ha! I love em!! Totally relatable! I am sure these babies will fly off the shelves!
Noteworthy Mommy
I can relate to your struggles as I have experienced many of the same things…countless failed IUIs, three failed IVFs but on the fourth we got our miracle baby girl! You were right, you can never truly know what someone is going through. They may be putting up a brave exterior.
Rose h
Beautiful story. Way to make the best of what you are given in life
marjiemare
I always say struggles make us stronger. Thanks for sharing this beautiful story.
Sandra
This is a beautiful story and I love your designs.
Nikki Wayne
I agree. It’s such a relatable line. And the items looks so nice.
monica Young
Love the design and so true that people will never know what you are going through most times
Janeane M. Davis, J. D.
There is a beautiful story behind the name. I like the victory after all the years of struggle.