“I was shocked at how many messages I got telling me she was too young to have so much responsibility. I was labeled as a lazy mom.”
Our 13-Year-Old Handles Our Household Grocery Budget Each Month
‘I was sitting on the park bench trying to send this picture of the boys to my wife when I heard a man’s voice very loudly say ‘don’t miss it’.’
“I looked up and replied ‘miss what?'”
‘Something wasn’t right. It took a long time for him to be diagnosed.’ Family desperately loves their beloved grandfather through his heartbreaking ALS progression
“My sisters and I will wipe or scratch his nose, brush his teeth, wash his hair, shave his face, clip his nails, clean out his ears and wipe his eyes.”
Please Stop Telling Me I Only Have 18 Summers With My Kids
“Truth is, none of us are promised one more minute, one more day.”
‘We got the horrifying call in the middle of the night: ‘She’s bleeding from her mouth and we don’t know where it’s coming from and can’t stop it.’: Mom shares grief journey after losing twin to rare heart defect, DiGeorge Syndrome
“She’d been taken in for emergency surgery. The bleeding seemed to have slowed, but they still hadn’t found the source. ‘She’s losing too much blood and I don’t think she’s going to make it.’ But she wasn’t gone…there was still hope. The next time the doctor came in, all hope was lost.”
Why I Advocate For My Children’s Personal Boundaries
“I am their safe place, one that they trust and I won’t abuse that by insisting that they do something that makes them feel uncomfortable to be polite.”
‘Baby Coehn was taken to Heaven too soon by Trisomy 18. His momma labored for 33 hours before getting to hold her son.’
“There is no way you can prepare yourself to bury your child. We both were trying to keep it together, but it was obvious we were falling apart.”
‘PUT AWAY THEIR SCREENS’: 7-year-old has avatar GANG RAPED after playing Roblox video game used by 64 million people
‘I’m questioning whether or not I should allow my precious 7-year-old daughter to have access to a screen ever again.”
‘One of the worst things that could go wrong is happening. She’s lost her phone charger.’
“I honestly feel like we all need to take cover right now. Like, I’m seriously looking for a place to hide.”
A Letter To My Son One Year After His Heartbeat Stopped
“No matter how many bad days I have without you in my arms, it is another day closer to being together again.”