“You won’t need your knees kissed, or my cuddles before bed. These moments are fleeting, little man. No matter how hard I hold on, they’ll slip through my fingers. And I’ll hope, a boy will always need his mom.”
- Love What Matters
- Children
“You won’t need your knees kissed, or my cuddles before bed. These moments are fleeting, little man. No matter how hard I hold on, they’ll slip through my fingers. And I’ll hope, a boy will always need his mom.”
“I’d fantasize about calling in sick to work and checking into a hotel just to sleep. I wanted to quit.”
“I was 16 and pregnant. A statistic, as most saw it. ‘I cannot do this, I’m not cut out for this.’ I remember thinking our life was over, but little did we know, it was just starting.”
“I felt queasy. ‘What’s wrong?’ I’d never seen a positive, EVER. Something felt different this time. After only 30 seconds, the results were in. Our lives changed forever.”
“I starved myself Saturday through Thursday, only eating six pretzels and half an apple every day. Then Friday came and I’d black out. That was my life. I lived for food.”
“But of course, just like any family, there are pros and cons.”
“We never imagined we’d be on our own adoption journey. ‘Prepare your hearts.’ We felt lost and confused. The next day, I had an alert on my DNA app.”
“At his 48-hour checkup, Liam looked perfect. He was gaining weight beautifully. I had a strange feeling. ‘He’s breathing 90 times per minute.’ That sentence made the doctors pause.”
“We’ve thanked everyone from healthcare workers to grocery store employees, but we haven’t thanked the kids enough for bearing the burden of what we’ve put on their shoulders this year.”
“My husband had been cheating on me and they were pregnant. I remember thinking, ‘Her daughter will live longer than mine.’ I had to give her the best life.”