The strength of sacrifice.
1. I am not a parent. I have never been divorced. Iâve never been involved in or knew anyone who was/is involved in a custody battle.Â
2. I am a 26 year old single woman who over analyzes everything including fictional characters whom you, oddly enough, love and care for. (That is for a whole other discussion on how our brains work, etc.)
3. Arizona has been my favorite since her first episode.
I feel like Arizona getting sole physical custody is not a surprise.Â
Both women have made some very big, very wrong, and very quick decisions.Â
But I think the moment that Arizona chose to help Jenny and walked out of that courtroom was the moment the judge decided it was Arizonaâs win. To be able to give up the very thing you hold closest and dear to you to help someone else is a strength that not many have. The strength of sacrifice.Â
 If you donât understand this strength, it could look like sheâs actually sacrificing Sofia, which is what Callieâs lawyer wanted the judge to think. But if you dig into the decision, youâll see the call is hard, but the right one.Â
Like Arizona said, in that moment, Sofia was safe, loved, and healthy. There was a young girl and her daughter who werenât. Arizona embodied pure love when she chose to safe that babyâs life.Â
My mother has sacrificed for me more than I can comprehend. She sacrificed a lot as well BECAUSE of me. I spent the first 13 years of my life at a babysitter. Meanwhile, my mother was literally working her fingers to the bone so that I could be safe, loved, and healthy. The strength of sacrifice.Â
Iâm sure that my mom would have liked to have seen me learn how to ride a bike for the first time, or learn to swim, or climb my first tree, but she wasnât there. She chose to make a good life for me. And that makes me so proud.Â
That my good friends, is at the heart of what Arizona was/is doing. And I can say the same about Callie. I donât think she loves Sofia any more or less than what I said about Arizona above. BUT in the fire of deep sacrifice, Callie doesnât have the same will that Arizona does. They are different people.Â
I hope this makes sense. If you have questions or want to add anything, feel free. But be nice. I want them to get back together just like everyone else.Â
The strength of sacrifice.Â
