“Every day, I must put forth a certain level of trust things will be okay. I can’t be there for every fall. I can’t self-diagnose her every ailment on Web MD. And I certainly can’t spend my days asking myself, ‘what if.'”
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‘Hug the ones you love. Relish today.’: 15-year-old hockey player dies after neck lands on teammate’s ice skate blade
“Routine play turned tragic accident.”
‘Are you willing to take in a 17-year-old boy?’ He was months from aging out of the system, from being thrown into the real world with no home.’: Foster dad vows to give teen ‘the life he deserves’
“When he arrived, he did everything in his power to try and sway my decision on taking him in. He was angry, because for the 7th time, he would be meeting a new family. He told me many stories to try and scare me away, but no matter what he would say to me, I sat and listened.”
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The moms in waiting couldn’t help but tear up.
‘I know what society says about dads, and they deserve way more recognition. They do hard stuff too.’: Wife challenges stereotype, crediting dads for their effort
“I’ve seen all the memes and videos. I’ve heard all the jokes. But sometimes those stereotypes get it wrong.”
‘It’s confusing, this motherhood business. But it’s beautiful.’: Woman shares changes, new ‘states of being’ after becoming a mother
“To live in a state of tension between opposite feelings and states of being. To be human when little people are expecting you to be superhuman. A business that has made me the strange being I am today.”
‘Watching Oprah, topic of hoarders came on. I thought, ‘Oh wow. This is my mom. This is an actual mental illness.’: Woman shares journey with family of hoarders
“I saw my grandmother open our gate, place a lamp from our neighbor’s garbage next to our door. A five-foot fake tree, an actual barrel of clothing, a big polar bear with an obvious spill on it. Living amongst it all was seriously frustrating.”
‘I was 19 again. I wanted to shout, ‘RUN! And Do. Not. Look. Back.’ I didn’t love her well enough then.’: Woman shares conversation with younger self, ‘I will do better about loving this now self’
“Even though I can’t save her from what is coming, I at least want her to know to hold on tight to her heart through those things. That even though it would break, she wouldn’t.”
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“We built a foundation before having children, and it was the best thing we could have done.”
‘Some days I still feel anxious. Irritable. Sad. Yet, I’m grounded. I haven’t lost my footing.’: Woman shares how antidepressants have boosted her mental health
“If you are hurting, hiding, or lost today. If your mind won’t stop racing or your sadness doesn’t match your circumstances. If you can’t get that brick off your chest or catch your breath — maybe it’s time to get some help.”