“I started to think about how many other things I do every day without really noticing them. So much of this early part of motherhood becomes routine so very quickly.”
‘This Mom life is all I ever hoped and prayed for, and I don’t want to miss it.’
It’s OK to stay home, Mama
“What were we thinking? Oh my gosh–how could I have quit my job? I shouldn’t have decided to stay home. We were financially stressed . . . because of me.”
‘The past is in the past now’: Innocent man returns to Chicago White Sox after 23 years in prison
After 23 years in jail, Nevest Coleman wants to get back to work.
‘I found ‘employment.’ It was anonymous web cam sex with strangers. Anything I had to do to support the habit had to be done. I used my own daughter as a pawn.’: Mom overcomes addiction, ‘Life can be beautiful again! I promise. Don’t give up.’
“When we got ready for the ceremony. My sister put on her wedding jewelry, and in a split second, I saw her turn, and I swiped her gold necklace. On her WEDDING DAY. I pawned it, and knew I was good for another day.”
‘My father came out to me when I was 28, and he was 49’: How mom handled her dad’s gay marriage with her kids
“Whatever happens, whatever they hear, whatever they ask, we are ready. It’s not as complicated as I once imagined. Love is love. And kids understand love.”
‘I went into sheer panic. I knew something was seriously wrong.’ Mom recounts emotional twin birth after infertility battle
“I felt a gush and immediately thought, ‘Oh my gosh, my water broke!’ I felt around and my hand was covered in blood.”
My Kids Are Not An Inconvenience (For You)
“I told her we have four kids. She looked at me square in the eyes. ‘I guess that will be okay, as long as they are quiet.’ She was dead serious.”
‘To my middle school son, I have a few things I’d like you to know’
“You were designed perfectly, imperfect. You will make mistakes. Do and say dumb things. Have some regrets. But, you will also overcome.”
‘My hero doesn’t wear a cape, he wears flannel’: Farmer’s daughter brings him to tears with touching wedding day tribute
“Although I knew getting married wouldn’t change me being his little girl, and him my hero, something about him ‘giving me away’ was so hard to swallow.”
She lifted her head and looked at me: ‘I hate foster care.’
“We packed her up, kissed her forehead, and watched as she left our home and lives forever. My eight year daughter lay in my arms, sobbing. ‘We’re never going to see her again.'”
