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‘How could I buy a house with a shared driveway next to a sister I didn’t even know I had?!’
“Oh my God, it’s her, Lance! Stella and I are jumping around and screaming, ‘It’s her! It’s her!’”
By Eliza Murphy -
‘Ginger ale slowly fermented and turned into a bomb. It detonated at the exact moment she walked passed it. The force of the blast knocked her unconscious to the ground.’
“Shelly was busy and didn’t pour it out right away.”
By Eliza Murphy -
‘I was 7 months pregnant with my son, Jack, the night Dan died.’
“I ran downstairs – to this day, I have no idea why I panicked – and I turned on the light to the man cave.”
By LJ Herman -
‘We needed to find a surrogate after my cervical cancer. My mom offered to carry my babies. She risked her own life to give birth to my children.’
“Not feeling them inside me was a roller coaster of emotions. At times I felt as if this was not even happening. Having these two bundles finally lay on my chest for skin to skin contact allowed me to feel that connection with them I had missed.”
By Eliza Murphy -
‘I’m not sure if today is a good day, or a bad day for you. I don’t know if you think things in your life are going well, or couldn’t be any worse.’
“I know doubt consumes your heart and mind, nearly drowning you. I know the forbidden, dark places of your mind you’re too ashamed to allow anyone to see.”
By Eliza Murphy -
‘Mikey has asked for a baby brother since he was 3 years old. After losing a baby at 11 weeks, we were thrilled he would finally get his baby brother.’
“My husband and I wish Jake looked at us the way he looks at Mikey. It’s as if the two of them were destined to be each other’s brother. I feel honored to witness their love.”
By Eliza Murphy -
My Toddler Drowned This Summer, And Here’s What I Want You To Know
“How could I have known that every parent’s worst nightmare would be my reality? It happened so quickly.”
By LJ Herman -
‘The plant has produced a burn comparable to a 2ND degree chemical burn’
“Please be on the lookout the rest of the summer and get help immediately if you come in contact with its oil!”
By LJ Herman -
‘Umm… your mom is sitting on the floor. She tried to get up by herself.’ ‘I’ll be right there.’
“It is now 11:00 p.m. and I am tired. I crawl in bed, and as I put my glasses on my nightstand my phone buzzes. NOOOOO! I lift it up hoping, just this once, I’m wrong. Nope, I’m right. ‘Hi Dad.'”
By Eliza Murphy -
‘I am a single mom of 7 through foster care and adoption. Dating is hard enough. Adding 7 other humans into the mix feels impossible.’
“If I can be a honest, I am scared of him too. I worry that no one will ever love them as much as I do. I worry about the logistics of switching off single mom brain, allowing a co-parent to join us. I am afraid of getting hurt again.”
By Eliza Murphy -
