“I decided to mention it at his 4-month appointment. After talking about how great he is doing, lots of laughs and smiles, all of a sudden everything changed. The doctor looked in his eye and her face became very serious. I pit formed in my stomach.”
“I was lost in an abusive marriage destroyed by drugs, alcohol, and fear with an infant son I was trying to protect. This is the greatest comeback story of our lifetime.”
“My palm was glued to my forehead that entire appointment. How could this be? I couldn’t even carry one baby… how was I going to carry four?! I started laughing, crying.”
“I became the white mom who can’t do her mixed daughter’s hair. I don’t want to be that stereotype.”
“I look at you and see the sweet baby I first held in my arms on the day I became a mom. I see you heading off to kindergarten in pigtails, ready to take on the world. I see you riding down the street on your first two-wheeled bike…your smile lit up with your first taste of freedom. All these years went by in a blink, just like every person said they would.”
“I had no clue I graduated with honors.”
“Once my milk came in, there was no stopping it. Had I not researched, the milk would have gone to waste.”
“His way of saying ‘I love you’ without speaking a single word. How his amazing personality and smile light up an entire room. His ability to see the beauty in the simplest of things. I’m not sorry.”
“A wave of emotion hit me like a bag of bricks. With the help of my friends and family, I knew we could rock this world through kindness.”
“For over a year, I raised brothers while living in limbo. I did every single mom thing—including falling deeply in love.”
