“They were the last minutes I’d be a mom of three healthy kids. I’d never be her again.”
- Love What Matters
- Children
“They were the last minutes I’d be a mom of three healthy kids. I’d never be her again.”
“Connor passed away suddenly. I think about this memory often. My son taught me what being a man is.”
“A story came on which almost made me vomit. ‘We have to do something! How can we just sit here with an empty room?’ We didn’t expect to receive THE call.”
“I cried. It made this momma mad. I didn’t know what it meant for his future and who would care for him.”
“Please don’t be scared. On the day you get to meet your beautiful babies, you will have more love than you’ve ever known what to do with.”
“We went from talking almost every night to talking almost every month. ‘Shelainea, you need to tell your mom.’ The divorce took a toll. She changed for the worst. ‘You shouldn’t be going through my phone!’ I couldn’t believe she was doing this to me.”
“I moved in with a handsome British banker after 8 months of dating. All the while, he was lying about having a wife. I didn’t see sobriety as anything but a death sentence.”
“A few weeks after my first child was born, I called my OB in desperation. ‘I don’t feel good,’ I said. ‘I’m not connecting with the baby. I’m so tired, I don’t think I can do this.’ The most common gift I received after childbirth was alcohol.”
“My husband and I had a day date this past weekend. I predicted he would say something like, ‘Why don’t you try to get a better routine going, be a bit more organized, and plan more?’ He didn’t, though. And then, he went a step further.”
“It was like a dark cloud was overhead. ‘Should we try one more time? Is it too dangerous?’ I started praying for a sign. And boy did I get one. We took a shaky step. Then another. And another.”