“‘I’ll call you when we land.’ My phone started going crazy. Holding his hand, I promised him I would move forward with building our family.”
- Love What Matters
- Children
“‘I’ll call you when we land.’ My phone started going crazy. Holding his hand, I promised him I would move forward with building our family.”
‘In our world of surgeries, doctors appointments, and chemotherapy, he is powerless. In Roblox world, he can protect me. On our couch, tapping our screens, we both rediscovered our strength.”
“I went speechless. They were scared to tell anybody because people would make fun of them. Our imperfections don’t define us.”
“When time permits…you will see the wheels turning in their heads, the excitement of not knowing what will happen next, the gleam in their eyes as new experiences unfold before them.”
“The days of having a perfect, tidy home are gone, but the mess is daily proof that every needle plunged into my skin, every surgery, every hateful comment, and every disappointment was completely worth it.”
“He filled a void we didn’t even know was there. Blood doesn’t make a family, love does.”
“No mom wants anything to be ‘wrong’ with their baby. I let myself be sad for a week. After that, I got my emotions together.”
“I was under the impression I didn’t need to head to the hospital until they were 2-3 minutes apart. WRONG. My daughter decided she couldn’t wait until we made it to the hospital.”
“Every day, I made silly faces, weird sounds, and looked like a crazy mom, all in the hope he’d smile. Everyone told me not to worry, but my intuition was telling me something else.”
“My 5-year-old looked up at me with eyes full of hopeful expectancy. ‘But I can’t wear a dress, right?’ I looked into their eyes, spoke from my gut, and simply said, ‘Anyone can wear a dress!’”