“It’s the fear and the thoughts whirling causing her frustrations. And she wishes it didn’t. Every day is an overwhelming experience for her. And she’s afraid she will lose you.”
‘She’s afraid one day you’ll pack your stuff and leave because you’ve had enough. She worries about you, more than she worries about herself.’: Woman pens thoughtful message to husband about anxiety
‘Your son has severe autism.’ I became a divorced mother of 2 post-diagnosis. Josh welcomed him with open arms.’: Special needs mom, bonus dad urge ‘our love knows no bounds’
“I asked myself, ‘Why would God bless other parents with perfectly healthy children? Why ME?’ Little did I know, divine intervention would bring my future husband into our lives at a time we needed him most. He is their biggest cheerleader, wanting to be involved in everything, like an amazing bonus dad should.”
‘I want you to adopt my baby.’ Do I have what it takes? As a kid, I was yelled at and left alone. I lost a desire for kids.’: Couple adopts siblings, ‘They are our gifts’
“We got married at the ages of 16 and 20. I told my husband, ‘Never expect kids to be a part of our lives.’ Then a birth mom wanted to meet us. She already had the baby! We were in shock.”
’You’re too sensitive for this work.’ He was found naked and left for dead. I all but laid myself in front of the car to help.’: Woman rescues children from poverty, ‘There’s nothing I enjoy more’
‘She was alone, abandoned. No one cared for her. ‘I will come back.’ She looked at me awkwardly and said, ‘No one ever comes back.’ My life was threatened. But nothing could stop me.”
‘We held our babies for the first and last time. We entered the hospital pregnant, and left without our baby.’: Woman responds to Chrissy Teigen’s viral child loss post, ‘You are not alone’
“You see those socks on Chrissy Teigen’s feet? I know those socks. It’s a terrible thing we have in common. Because even though our experiences were different, we know the same heartbreak.”
‘Breathe. Mommy is here. You are safe.’ I hate that he has anxiety. I wish I could take it away from him.’: Special needs mom talks anxiety
“Sometimes it comes from nowhere. He will be perfectly happy and then I look in the car mirror and I see the tears begin to form. Every time we go somewhere different, he is riddled with anxiety.”
‘I love you, Mommy. I love you. MOMMY!’ She interrupted her daddy’s beratements. He was a pastor and he ‘never’ laid a hand on me.’: Domestic abuse survivor urges ‘every soul has the power to fight’
“That—it turns out—was the slap in the face I needed. I was a victim of domestic violence. After all, he was a pastor and he never laid a hand on me.”
‘Why can’t Dad stay with us AND you?’ We’re learning to parent together, now that we aren’t together.’: Ex-couple ‘peacefully’ co-parent, ‘Two happy homes are better than one sad one’
“For years, I questioned if I should stay or go. The first few weeks of ‘sharing’ my kids were awful. I couldn’t sleep. I cried excessively. I felt guilty. But it is so, so worth it. Two happy homes are better than one sad one.”
‘I joined the basketball team in 5th grade. I just wanted to make ONE basket. I had to show I’m not a burden.’: Woman with Dwarfism spreads awareness, ‘I want to teach kindness’
“I never thought I’d get married because no one could like me because of my height. Now I have a husband who is 6’2.”
‘My boyfriend took my virginity during the grayest night of my life. I saw myself as used goods. I couldn.’t find my voice.’: Woman finds ‘self-worth’ after divorce, ‘I’m happy and whole’
“I got off the road after three packed years as a pop artist and found myself not knowing who I should be next. I thought I was ugly. I thought I was broken. I designed my next chapter to become truly happy.”