“He now gleefully puts on his backpack.”
- Love What Matters
- Children
“He now gleefully puts on his backpack.”
“The moment he told me, I broke down in tears, realizing our relationship had to end. Deep down, I knew this it was different.”
“Everything I’ve done and figured out in the wake of his death has been a first-hand, trial and error experience. This year, we did things a little differently.”
“All I want and strive for is happiness. I will fight and our twins will fight. They are my heroes.”
“Newborn photos were replaced by pre-heart surgery snapshots. Your first haircut was a side shave, needed to place an IV. Every day of your short life, you taught us how to love.”
“She placed her baby in Eric’s arms. I’ll never forget watching him fall in love with that tiny, 5-pound newborn. 4 hours later, we were asked to go home. After years of waiting, we were offered a gift.”
“I had a front-row seat to how the world treated my brother. I knew how cruel the system could be. He was constantly told he could not achieve his goals and desires, but he told the world, ‘Just watch me.’”
“We realized Mia was losing weight every time she’d visit her biological dad. She’d come back in a dirty diaper, unbathed, and in smelly clothes. Then we got a call we never saw coming.”
“Each time I tried disciplining my child the way society screamed at me that I should, my child broke down.”
“It was Mother’s Day, and I thought, ‘Do I DESERVE to be celebrated today? Do I count as a mother?’ There is an uncertainty and lack of self-validation that you are, in fact, a mother.”