“’Baby, do you mind if my ex and his family move in?’ My family wondered if she was ready to be the mom of 2 special-needs children. Did she really understand what she was signing up for?”
‘You’re a girl, right?’ My 8-year-old son asked her if she was homeless. Our kids are not the problem.’: LGBTQ mom shares love story, urges acceptance for same-sex parents
‘What if I’m a boy?’ I felt a tremble shoot down my spine. The thought was petrifying… because it was the truth.’: Transgender man says ‘it takes courage to be who you are’
“When I woke up after surgery, my chest felt tight. When I looked down, I immediately began to cry as I noticed my flat chest. ‘You made it.’ For the first time, I felt like I was living my life for me.”
‘Look, the weird kid is back.’ They talked about him as if he was an exhibit at the zoo.’: Mom to son with Goldenhar syndrome says ‘we are more alike than we are different’
“They didn’t know in his first 2 months of life, he came close to death so many times. They didn’t see me standing outside his hospital room, frozen as the medical team performed chest compressions. They knew he was different. They just didn’t know why.”
‘She’d set a bowl of fat-free yogurt in front of me, hand my sister ice cream. ‘No one wants a fat daughter.’: Woman details battle with binge eating disorder, depression
“When my mom and siblings were asleep, I shoveled crackers in my mouth in the bathroom. I ate snack cakes on the kitchen floor. Food didn’t care I was depressed and anxious.”
‘Why aren’t you breastfeeding?’ My voice clipped from the wind punched out of my gut.’: Mom urges ‘you don’t owe anyone an explanation for how you feed your baby’
“The first time I gave him his first bottle I wept – with relief, with guilt. There were so many feelings. I never went back to that fitness group.”
‘We are the ones up all night with worry while our partners deep sleep beside us. Worst-case scenarios replay from the moment we hear, ‘Get ready, here he comes!’: Mom urges ‘let’s stick up for anxious parents’
“We worry before each doctor’s appointment. We worry when he’s up too high where we can’t see him at the park. We worry we aren’t signing her up for enough activities to help find her passions. And the worry will never stop. It will only increase as they grow older.”
The Day I Was Diagnosed As Autistic Was The Day I Became ‘Normal’
“’You know, he is very ADHD.’ What I found blew open my world. I saw my son, but more so, I saw myself.”
‘I was young, married, and having fun, then kids changed everything.’: Single dad of 3 details navigating life with kids post-divorce
“Life changed, my priorities changed, and we grew apart. Our family may look different, but the most important thing is that we are together and home is anywhere we are at.”
Today My Child Banged On The Door And Yelled ‘Mama’ 67 Times During My Shower
“Being needed all the time is simply draining, and a mother never stops being needed.”
‘I woke and found this picture on my phone my husband snuck. Normally, I’d get annoyed. But not this time. This was different.’: Mom of 3 urges ‘these are the moments you’ll want to remember’
“Right now, I’m in the trenches. This phase of motherhood, although it can be exhausting and overwhelming, I don’t ever want to forget it.”