“’He’s ours,’ I said. His eyes met mine for just a second. He smiled.”
‘Who do you belong to?,’ asked the wedding photographer, to our 19-year-old foster son.
‘Every one of the police officers and EMT’s agreed, his car seat, and the fact he was properly restrained in it, is what kept him from being seriously injured or killed.’
“I could hear my grandson crying behind me, yelling ‘YaYa, I falling!’”
‘As the contractions grew closer together, with each ring I was nervous his Wi-Fi had gone out.’
“My first pregnancy ended in an induction that lasted 3 days. I was terrified that was going to happen again. I knew John would not be able to sit at his computer for 3 days, and the longer labor was, the less likely he would be able to stay by the computer.”
‘EWWW WHAT IS THAT? I saw it hanging out of my daughter’s chewing mouth, while she smiled smugly. I pulled it out and realized it was a HAIRY LEG OF AN INSECT.’: Mom’s hilarious run-in with insect has her freaking out
“‘Should I take her to the doctor?’ I start crying hysterically because I failed her, and now she’s going to be like that little boy on ‘Stranger Things’ and the bugs are gonna host her body and she’s going to doom us all to the Upside Down!”
‘To My 12 Remaining Embryos: I have been thinking about you a lot lately. You have been frozen now for over 3 years.’
“I grieve giving you to her. You won’t be mine anymore.”
‘If you’re a momma and I invite you to hang out, please know I am inviting you AND YOUR KID!’
“Nervous about them crying to needing changed? Don’t be! That’s what kids do, girl. I am not bothered by you raising your child!”
‘He introduced himself and offered to clean a room in our house for free. I listened because he said ‘free’ and also because our entryway needed to be burned or bleached or both.’: Woman recounts meeting the love of her life
“Against my better judgment and while also trying to drown out the ‘stranger danger’ chant in my head I allowed him in. Then there was the knock that changed everything.”
‘I was clutching at my children, afraid to lose them. I was desperate and it showed.’
“I did not get into this journey to build a family, but to provide a home. Some of my kids have found their forever homes here, and some just needed us for awhile.”
‘We pulled into the cemetery. As she opened the door, there it was. Two vials of glitter.’: Widow finds humor in special way as she and daughter honor beloved late police officer
“’Do you want to go see your dad?’ With her eyes swollen and her cheeks puffy from crying, she nodded. Once again, we didn’t have anything to leave behind. Then, there it was. I don’t doubt for one second he put it there to make sure we knew he was sending her a hug.”
‘We’re having a baby!’ My daughter ran the positive pregnancy test to her dad with the biggest smile.’: Mom adopts child from foster care in wake of infertility, gets pregnancy with her little brother
“‘Um, wait. What?’ We learned we’d been wildly misinformed about where Taylor was. She never went back to her mom like we were told. Instead, she went to 3 MORE foster homes, including one that lost their license for abusing children. Our frustration and anger with the system ran deep. We were here, ready, available and waiting for her. We didn’t understand how this could possibly happen.”