“Exhausted from the broken vase before we left. Exhausted from the night before because I could feel jabs of his kicks while he laid next to me in bed and tossed and turned. Exhausted from correcting behavior. Exhausted from ALL. THE. MELTDOWNS.”
‘I had JUST pulled him out of the pool and he began a meltdown. Then a woman my age said, ‘It gets easier, I promise.’: Tired mom thankful for woman’s compassion, ‘I needed your words more than you knew’
‘I’ve been SUCKED DRY of any energy to keep up the facade of being a happy-go-lucky, I’ve-got-this pandemic parent.’: Mom opens up about the stress of Covid parenting, ‘Calling yourself names isn’t going to help’
“You screamed. You stomped and threw down a classic parent-tantrum. But really, who hasn’t at this point.”
‘I was 34 weeks and collapsed to the floor holding my tummy. I feared he wouldn’t meet our new baby.’: Family incorporates daily gratitude after dad survives cancer, ‘Love and kindness are never wasted’
“Cancer was the start of our gratitude journal. It taught me to see the miracles and magic right in front of me and to remember there is ALWAYS someone craving your daily reality. It has given us the lifelong gift of perspective.”
‘I found disturbing messages and pictures from different numbers. He lied to my face.’: Woman overcomes infidelity, domestic abuse, ‘I broke a generational curse’
“He lied, even with evidence in hand! He cried and held me in his arms, begging for another chance. I gave in. I just wanted him to love me the way I deserved.”
‘My baby was STARVING. I felt like a failure.’: Mom shares breastfeeding struggles, urges ‘fed is best’
“My eyes closed, and I felt weaker by the minute. Through many, many, many tears and lots of pain, I woke every 3 hours and pumped.”
‘How could I cope with being a widow before the age of 40? My heart broke.’: Mother births rainbow baby while husband battles brain tumor
“She was conceived and born during a global pandemic, using frozen sperm from the week her daddy was diagnosed with a brain tumor.”
‘I’m a better mom than friend. I show up late to your birthday dinner. I miss coffee, because someone awoke with a cold. I’m unreliable, burnt out.’: Mom admits ‘my kids always come first’
“Because one day, when I’ll have more time to meet my friends, I know I’ll miss this. Because soon they’ll be older, and I’ll no longer be the center of their universe, but a supporting role in their lives.”
‘Will I have friends soon, mom?’ Since December, my son has been isolated because he is Autistic.’: Mom speaks out about education for Autistic son, ‘He doesn’t deserve less’
“He doesn’t see his friends every day, he doesn’t have a classroom, he misses out. He was left with no option.”
‘If mom can do drugs, so can I.’ I was punishing her. Little did I know, I’d create my OWN demon.’: Woman shares life with mom addicted to heroin, her own drug abuse, ‘I want to bring hope to other addicts’
“I’ll never forget dropping her off at rehab in another state and just sitting there in the car sobbing, not wanting to leave her. It felt like I was leaving my own child.”
‘Look at those eyes; she is a fighter.’ She was one of the smallest, sickest babies they’d ever seen.’: Mom of twinless micropreemie offers advice for navigating ‘NICU rollercoaster’
“‘Do you want to see her?’ My first response was no. All I wanted to know was if she could come home.”