“Someday soon, I’ll be in a completely different season of life. Until that happens, I will embrace this season for all of its beauty and its faults.”
‘Can I let you know the night before?’ I remembered what and who means the most to me.’: Mom shares her priorities this holiday season
‘I was 16. My body felt ‘off,’ so my mom made me a doctor’s appointment. She knew I was pregnant before I did.’: Woman reflects on teen pregnancy journey
“It was hard to hold friendships from school. Someone in my ‘family’ told me I would probably lose all of my friends because of this. I remember getting stares and whispers from a lady at a local parade. I had just assumed this was the new normal for me.”
The Guilt Of Having A Second Child
“She would get upset I couldn’t cuddle with her while I fed the baby and she got frustrated when I constantly had to say ‘in a minute’ in response to every request she had. I felt like I was letting my toddler down.”
‘As I sat alone in the NICU, postpartum body aching, one thought rose to the top of my mind: ‘You are exactly who our family needs.’: Mom navigates son’s Down syndrome diagnosis, multiple heart defects
“I have whispered those words to him countless times since—through tears and smiles, surgeries and miracles, at appointments and home.”
‘My mom went overboard with presents, but something was missing. Christmas felt busy, programmed, and lonely.’: Mom shares new holiday tradition at the beach, ‘It is peace on earth’
“When we became parents, I knew what I didn’t want our holidays to be filled with. We have no agenda but to be together and make memories.”
‘People thundered to the ground. The music stopped. The celebration was over. Those were gunshots.’: After surviving mass shooting, woman files for divorce, finds man of her dreams
“I sustained terrible wounds from escaping over a barbed-wire fence, and yet my girlfriend rushed me to the doctor, not him. I’ll never forget crying on the phone when one of his family members said, ‘He really struggles with empathy.’”
‘You can do it. I believe in you.’ She reassured me that, through everything, my kids are okay.’: Mom shares heartwarming text from teacher
“They teach our children not just academics but so much more. They make our kids feel safe, happy, and loved, and for this, I will be forever grateful.”
‘The only good picture I had was from Halloween. Did I mention we all dressed as zombies?’: Mom shares origin of new family tradition, urges ‘it’s okay to be different’
“The world needs a little bit of different every now and then. The world needs more zombie-themed Christmas cards. The world needs you to be YOU.”
All I Want For Christmas Is My Child To Smile In A Photo
“We did manage to get a few good Christmas pictures of Wilson. But, they just weren’t what I was expecting. I imagined smiles, and I don’t have many of those.”
‘This requires emergency surgery. Like right now.’ Hot tears rolled down my cheeks. ‘It’s happening again.’: Couple adopts foster baby after infertility, miscarriages
“‘When are you having babies?’ ‘Are you guys trying?’ ‘Don’t you want kids?’ Every single comment seared right into my soul like a hot knife.”