“When we became parents, I knew what I didn’t want our holidays to be filled with. We have no agenda but to be together and make memories.”
‘My mom went overboard with presents, but something was missing. Christmas felt busy, programmed, and lonely.’: Mom shares new holiday tradition at the beach, ‘It is peace on earth’
‘People thundered to the ground. The music stopped. The celebration was over. Those were gunshots.’: After surviving mass shooting, woman files for divorce, finds man of her dreams
“I sustained terrible wounds from escaping over a barbed-wire fence, and yet my girlfriend rushed me to the doctor, not him. I’ll never forget crying on the phone when one of his family members said, ‘He really struggles with empathy.’”
‘You can do it. I believe in you.’ She reassured me that, through everything, my kids are okay.’: Mom shares heartwarming text from teacher
“They teach our children not just academics but so much more. They make our kids feel safe, happy, and loved, and for this, I will be forever grateful.”
‘The only good picture I had was from Halloween. Did I mention we all dressed as zombies?’: Mom shares origin of new family tradition, urges ‘it’s okay to be different’
“The world needs a little bit of different every now and then. The world needs more zombie-themed Christmas cards. The world needs you to be YOU.”
3 Tips For Accepting You’re Not Your Child’s Preferred Parent
“The harder I tried to insert myself into situations where she wanted daddy, the more she pushed back. When I got pregnant with our second child, I secretly hoped she would get insanely jealous and start to prefer me – that definitely did not happen.”
‘My sister and I opened that Abercrombie sweatshirt, and I remember feeling, ‘Someone heard me.’: Toys For Tots recipient shares how gifts received changed her life
“We never had another gift, or a fancy dinner. Someone saw me for who I am inside, not just a profile on a public Christmas tree.”
All I Want For Christmas Is My Child To Smile In A Photo
“We did manage to get a few good Christmas pictures of Wilson. But, they just weren’t what I was expecting. I imagined smiles, and I don’t have many of those.”
‘This requires emergency surgery. Like right now.’ Hot tears rolled down my cheeks. ‘It’s happening again.’: Couple adopts foster baby after infertility, miscarriages
“‘When are you having babies?’ ‘Are you guys trying?’ ‘Don’t you want kids?’ Every single comment seared right into my soul like a hot knife.”
‘I’ll always stop and let strangers see the baby. I see myself in them.’: Mom kindly shares baby, allowing fellow mommies a chance to reminisce
“I hope the next generation of mommies will be just as generous. Allow me a moment to gaze, smile, reminisce, and appreciate the great privilege of getting to be Mommy.”
‘I’ve never had this.’ I asked, ‘What do you mean?,’ thinking she was referring to the pasta. ‘A meal with a family.’: Family adopt 2 daughters with Down syndrome, ‘Every child deserves a safe, stable family’
“We were asked to consider what medical conditions and/or special needs we were open to pursuing. We thoughtfully poured over the extensive needs list and then came to the conclusion if we had a biological child with special needs, we’d figure it out. And so we just said yes. To whatever child needed a family.”