A 2016 study noted we touch our cell phones 2,617 times a day.
DIGITAL DETOX: ‘dumb phone’ could be answer to America’s app addiction – can only make calls and send texts
‘I placed my son for adoption, married the birth father, and now have 2 more children who are relatives of my birth son. CRAZY.’: Young couple begin ‘beautiful’ open adoption after unexpected pregnancy, ‘I chose to make beauty from the ashes’
“I was 20, homeless, and spiraling out of control. I never imagined myself as ‘that girl’ who got pregnant. I’d known the father for a month and had no clear future ahead of me. ‘I’m so sorry I could not be ready for you,’ I kept telling my son. 48 hours. That is how long he was ours. I wanted this stranger in my stomach to have a chance at life.”
WHY YOU SAY ‘NO’: Teen who clawed her eyeballs out on drugs explains her story
“I’d rather be blind than dependent on drugs. It took losing my sight to get me back on the right path.”
‘It was my birthday when she no longer knew my name or who I was.’
“I kiss her and say, ‘I love you.’ She is quiet. I stay close and wait. Nothing. I am afraid to move. Afraid I won’t hear her say her words to me.”
‘I didn’t care HOW I became a mom’: Couple learns they’re pregnant 6 years after adopting first child
“I found myself sobbing on the bathroom floor. Everyone around me seemed to sneeze on command, get pregnant, and deliver a baby. But why couldn’t we?”
‘There is a fallout from death that extends beyond the first year. Please, don’t forget us in the second.’
“My grief is not gone. My grief did not end when the first 365 days came and went. My grief is still raw. It is still painful. And it is still very present.”
“Please don’t forget to show up when you can, reach out when you have a minute, and sit quietly with us in our grief, even if it’s now different.”
Stagehand dad builds his 7-year-old ‘Princess’ fireworks-filled Disney DIY bedroom
“She tells all her friends that I built it for her and that ‘I can do anything.’ That’s the best part.”
‘Sweet tears rolled down his cheeks. My heart completely burst.’: Marine groom absolutely overcome with emotion seeing his bride
“On that day, in that church, there was no black or white, there was just love, and man…. there was SO much of it.”
‘It’s bittersweet’: Rainbow baby inspires mom to create cherished art out of sentimental baby clothes
“To the parents involved, they mean so much more than just the art. They represent their journey through parenthood, sweet baby memories, and fleeting moments. A precious part of their lives that only they know.”
3-year-old who battled traumatic complications from FLU-like symptoms FINALLY heads home after 44 days
“I am still in shock that our little boy was sleeping on my lap, throwing the football, running around with the dog and just starting to show as being sick. And today he is on life support,” his mother wrote when the harrowing ordeal began.
