“My husband and I disagreed on adoption for years. We met at a restaurant to eat lunch and he struck up a conversation with her. She mentioned she just wanted a family to adopt her. That was it. Her reaction was more than I ever hoped for.”
‘I was so nervous to break the news. ‘Really?! You’re lying.’: Touching moment little girl is surprised with adoption news
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“Today I broke down. No one should have to see their child like this.”
The moment I overcame postpartum depression
“When the thoughts of suicide and self-harm came, I remember laying on my bathroom floor thinking about the letter I would write to my son.”
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“I’ll be cleaning buttercream out of the floorboards for months but I reckon it was 100 percent worth it.”
‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.’ It worked itself out beautifully.’: Mom leaves newborn son attached to his placenta for 9 days after birth
“I shared because in all of the mysteries of reproduction and childbirth, this made sense to me.”
Farm animal therapists help children overcome trauma
“Some children are self-conscious about their reading skills, and the animals never judge them. The animals patiently listen to the campers.”
Students thank hero teacher who hid 19 kids in closet during Florida school massacre
“I had multiple panic attacks while locked in the closet. She reiterated many times that I would be safe and she won’t let anything happen to me.”
Parents celebrate formerly conjoined twins after successful surgery
“We’ve thought about and prayed for this day for almost two years.”
‘I didn’t think anything of it’: Mom warns of odd ‘dimple’ on son’s spine that required surgery
“The day of Jack’s surgery was, by far, one of the worst of my entire life.”
Toddler and his dog share their love for each other one ridiculous photo at a time
“I remember thinking there was no way we’d get them both to cooperate, but lo and behold, magic!”
