“That urge to peek at the last page of my story has gone away. My heart feels secure. I am ok not with autism, but certainly with Sadie.”
Autism Is Sad, But I Am Not
It’s Time To Stop Telling Women Struggling With Fertility To ‘Just Relax’
“It’s okay if you don’t understand what it feels like for them.”
Son Hilariously Pees During Marriage Proposal
We have to give Owen props for his timing.
An Open Letter to My First Born
“Nine years is a long time to be ‘the only’ and you’ve been so much more than my only- you’ve been my every.”
‘We’re labeled ‘career women.’ It’s assumed we’re ‘being too picky.’ Passing by a new mother and her infant would rattle my womb.’: 42-year-old says ‘I have to defend why I’m not a mother when it’s all I ever wanted’
“When you’re over 35 and heartbroken over a breakup with the guy you hoped would be ‘the one’ or watch your close friends go on to their second or third pregnancy, it’s unbearable. The grief over never becoming a mother is one I will never get over.”
How a stranger reminded me that raising little ones is magical
I didn’t notice her at first. It was Saturday morning at McDonald’s. I was in the midst of cutting up pancakes, getting straws in milk and generally trying to keep our three sons quiet and (somewhat) under control. And, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a woman, gazing at our table. Her …
‘What I would want from my grieving children if I was gone on Mother’s Day’
“Watching my husband die was awful. And it was horrifying. But now, being a single mom is really scary.”
‘I used to think adoption was so happy and beautiful.’
“I didn’t know or realize or want to see that just because we’re a forever family doesn’t mean that the past won’t be a part of that forever.”
‘My 8-year-old daughter has autism, one child walked off, refusing to take part in the lesson because my daughter was on her team.’
“Does she have to be on our team?”
There Were Times I Wished I Could Quit Being A Stepmom
“I went through several years in my stepmom role trying way too hard, beating myself up at every perceived failure, and ultimately reaching my breaking point multiple times.”