“None of us are exempt from heartache, no matter how much we’ve experienced. We can’t live our lives in fear, but we can face reality and prepare our hearts for when the storm hits.”
‘I used to be a life-giver. Now, everything living inside me dies. This one felt like a twist of the knife.’: Mom reflects on life and grief after miscarriage, child loss
‘I’d choose a brain-damaged baby over a dead baby any day. People who act like I should be relieved hurt me deeply.’: Bereaved mom exposes stigma toward persons with disability
“When Sterling died, it was tragic. Everyone was shocked and in disbelief — until they learned he was brain-damaged when he died. Suddenly, people acted as if we were lucky we didn’t have to live the rest of our lives with a disabled child, as if God performed some mercy killing and we should be grateful.”
An Ode To The Women Who Support Hard-Working Men
“Being a wife to a hard-working man is NOT easy.”
From Heroin To Home-Owner: Single Teen Mom Shares How Daughter Helped Her Overcome Addiction & Poverty
“I look at her every day and know my life has become what it is today because of her.”
‘OMG I can’t believe you are 47.’: Mom urges ‘I’m alive to live this life to the fullest, and I will do just that’
“Life is good—no matter how busy, uncertain, or challenging.”
‘We had made a place in our homes and hearts for the child we were going to adopt. It hurt like someone had died.’: Mom’s miracle births, adoption after infertility battle, failed adoption
“I remember sitting in the nursery almost every night, rocking in the glider and smiling. I have experienced multiple physical miscarriages, but they did not hurt me as much as this news did.”
‘I’m seeing something.’ My heart sank. This is it. I’ve lived a good life. She pointed to the screen. ‘That’s a yolk sac.’: Mom’s ovarian mass ultrasound turned surprise baby discovery
“I shot him a text: ‘Brace yourself. I have news.’ Would he be mad? Excited? Scared? He called immediately.”
‘I’d lie on the bathroom floor and tell God I was ready; he could take me. I’ll never be fully healed.’: Mom loses 6-day-old son to rare metabolic disorder, shares reality of grief
“One of the worst parts of all this is how gravely mistaken society is on what death and grief are actually like. As horrific as it is to simply imagine the loss of a child, it still doesn’t even graze the surface of what this pain is truly like.”
‘How could this active, healthy boy need surgery? How could I care for him after major surgery of my own?’: Mom shares ‘blessings’ after kidney donation, son’s open-heart surgery
“I struggled with the idea I scheduled his surgery in the middle of baseball season, and he may never be able to play baseball again. I felt like I was taking the joy from my son.”
‘I had no one who could relate, no one I could talk to. I needed to help women like me, to make their voices heard.’: Endometriosis warrior becomes nurse, fertility coach to advocate for others
“The women I saw in the clinic needed more. They needed someone to help them navigate their journey, a listening ear. You never think something like this could happen to you, until it does.”