“I was induced and my baby was assisted out with episiotomy and forceps. I exclusively bottle fed from 8 weeks and felt like a failure for MONTHS.”
‘You’re HUGE!’ I looked pregnant for MONTHS.’: Mom details postpartum life, ‘We hold ourselves to RIDICULOUS standards’
‘Why does he act like that?’ My home was a war zone. But I wouldn’t take back that time even if I could.’: Woman shares advice to new foster parents, ‘Find your people’
“That birth mother I met at the DHHS office? She and I could have easily traded places. I’d be a fool to believe I was called to love my children, and not their parents.”
‘One day, a handsome teacher messaged me. The word ‘widower’ glared up at me. To be honest, I was scared.’: Mom shares journey blending families, ‘This is what faith looks like’
“I can’t explain when or how, but I knew this man and his children were special. I hadn’t found them by accident.”
‘I heard my mom sobbing in the background. ‘She has 12 months left to live.’ I fell to my knees, sobbing. I thought my parents were bulletproof.’: Woman shares grief journey after losing mom to brain tumor
“Although I had a husband and three children to care for, I was lost in darkness. I poured a bottle of lorazepam down my throat. I had eyes only for my mom and seeing her again.”
‘I was looking at all his cute little fingers and toes when I noticed webbing. My heart sank.’: Mom shares son’s Smith Lemli Opitz Syndrome diagnosis
“It felt like they ripped my baby out of my arms. I was all alone, sobbing, ‘It wasn’t supposed to be like this.’”
How I Found Forgiveness After My Trauma-Fueled Childhood
“I was 8 years old when my mom called me inside from playing. ‘Your dad was using drugs, and it killed him.'”
‘She BETTER stay in her lane!’ It was NOT the introduction I was expecting.’: Woman learns to embrace son’s ‘bonus mom’
“All my walls came down. She was the perfect BONUS MOM. Her heart was as big as the smile which greeted me. For the first time, being a blended family didn’t seem so bad.”
‘Three men in uniforms approached me. ‘Is there a place we can sit?’ I cried over and over, ‘This can’t be happening!’: Man loses wife, daughter in tragic car accident, ‘Hope is the word I cling to’
“How do you tell your little boy his mom and sister are gone? He closed his eyes and reached for his pain pump. It wrenched my heart as he pushed once, twice, three, four, more times than I know. He wanted that pain to disappear, as did I.”
‘Here’s a baby, here’s a baby, and here’s a baby. You have 3!’ My life completely changed.’: Mom of triplets shares journey, ‘We’re stronger than ever’
“My belly was getting bigger by the day. I was terrified. I pleaded with the babies and with my body to hold on a while longer.”
‘Twin one is okay, twin two has passed.’ I felt my heart ripped from my chest. I didn’t want to let go.’: Mom grieves loss of twin, ‘She’s our guardian angel’
“The doctor scanned me and said, ‘I’m so sorry.’ It was the worst day of my life. I was grieving for one baby while trying to stay strong for the other.”