“Had the nurse just called an emergency, had the doctor just put aside that she didn’t like our parental choices… we wouldn’t have to live with this unbearable pain.”
‘I have babies to deliver. Yours is dying, so make it quick.’ She reached in, ripped her out.’: Mom opens up about horrifying medical malpractice causing severe disability, repeat stillbirths
‘I threw away my anniversary flowers from my husband.’: Wife shares how ‘ugly roses’ she hated turned her marriage around
“We lost all passion and attraction towards each other. The text he sent, ‘I think I messed up again,’ was a turning point for us. One where we no longer settle.”
‘Wouldn’t you rather just have another baby of your own?’ I easily told him no. I knew God had a plan, and it included these kids!’: Mom of 5 shares grueling sibling adoption journey, now family of 10
“We were told we had too many children already and wouldn’t be considered. I was given disappointing news a lot, but I wasn’t phased. I knew these were my kids.”
‘Something’s wrong with Shaina!’ She lay stiff, her face crimson, lips bluish. When we received an answer, it was devastating.’: Girl with BPAN, a rare disease, inspires kindness movement
“Her diagnosis sent us reeling, but we decided we wouldn’t define Shaina by her condition but by her sunshine personality.”
The Void Of Grief Remains, No Matter How Much Time Passes
“Five years, no calls. All those missed moments your brain doesn’t know how to translate.”
Women Take The Blame For Everything (And I Realized It When I Became A Single Dad)
“We all know it takes two people to create another human, but females take the brunt of the hard and ugly things that come along with being a parent.”
‘When the social worker left, he didn’t even know my name. Today, he shares mine. I could not be more proud to hear him call me dad.’: Single dad shares adoption journey, ‘We’re both better people because of it’
“He came from a place where kids looked down on him because of his family situation, but he was determined his life would be different. It is, son. I’ll always make sure of it.”
‘We are burnt out to a point of no return, just to keep up with this label of doing it ALL.’: Woman explains why modern ‘good wife’ is rooted in patriarchy
“She is encouraged to sacrifice, to ‘bounce back’ after carrying and birthing children, to be attractive, well kept, and still desirable by her partner and society. That’s IF she wants to be a good wife.”
‘They looked like they hadn’t eaten in weeks, and they never said a single word. Our training was exactly for this moment.’: Mom shares foster-to-adopt journey, advice for other adopters
“Those frail little boys have learned to ride bikes, scooters, skateboards. Our commitment to them is as if I had given birth to them. There is no difference in our love for them.”
‘He said, ‘I just knew I was going to love you.’ I thought I would never find someone like this for me and my son.’: Mom shares non-traditional love story after teen pregnancy
“I had always wanted someone who would love my son like their own and here I had a man who wanted my son to stand next to him on the biggest day of his life. This wedding wasn’t going to just be a union of two people, but an official union of our family.”
