“If you ask me whether I’m okay, the answer will be as it always is, ‘I’m okay. I have to be.'”
‘If I count the times I’ve been told not to neglect myself as I need to be there for my son with autism, I would need more than 2 hands and 2 feet. Yesterday, I realized I’m not indestructible.’
‘Goodbyes are harder now. When my son left for the military, he was 17. The next time I would see him would be when Chad died.’
“After 1 year, 7 months and 4 days, I got to surprise my son. All was right in the world for 14 hours. And, then it happened. He had to leave. It all came back. Panic. Fear. Tears. Why did he have to go?”
‘I was 29 when I found out I was pregnant with twins. I continued to use every 4-6 hours.’: Addict ‘didn’t want to die a junkie,’ finally gets clean for her children because ‘enough was enough’
“I had gone to Cotillion and Girl Scouts, went to Catholic school and had a family who loved me. Now I was a junkie. One time my mom hid her money in her pillowcase while she slept, and I cut it out with her laying on it. Birds fly, fish swim, and addicts use. That’s what I did. But my kids deserved for me to try.”
‘They choose you, you know. In Heaven.’ He pointed to my swollen belly, my twins inside.’: Mom realizes her children ‘chose’ her after chance encounter with stranger in hospital waiting room
“What I wanted most when I was pregnant? I wanted the fantasy. I didn’t want to know every gory detail. Because sometimes? You just need that one person who says everything is going to be okay.”
I got a text while I was at work that said, ‘Babe, will you seriously pray and think about something?!’ Immediately my heart pounds.’: Foster dad shares ‘miracle’ adoption journey, ‘We’re so thankful to be a family’
“It seemed impossible. It would have to take a miracle. The rest of the story is nothing short of just that.”
‘Holding you in my arms with your feet dangling by my knees, I was painfully aware it was the last time I’d be physically able. The last time I carried you, my first baby.’
“Last night before bed, after our prayers and book, I asked if you knew what the best day of my life was.”
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“Being vulnerable shouldn’t be an opportunity to be shamed, ridiculed, or embarrassed.”
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“I sighed and said, ‘I wish my house always looked like this,’ while trying to wrangle both my toddlers from touching or messing anything up in this museum of beauty. She looked at me sadly and said, ‘Why?’”
‘The day you were born Daddy was wearing this shirt.’
“When Josh got home from work – he saw Amelia in the dress. I asked him if he remembered why that shirt was so special. His whole face change in the realization of the significance of the shirt. He was so thrilled and picked Amelia up for a huge hug and told her why the shirt was so special.”
‘You sat right next to me and grabbed my daughter. My biggest regret is not taking a picture of you.’: Mom thanks woman for act of kindness on flight, ‘You saved me from a breakdown 35,000 ft in the air’
“I was flying back to the city I grew up in to say goodbye to my dying father with 7-month-old twins. They were feeding off my frantic energy and everything exploded half way through the flight. Tears fell from all 3 of our faces. While everyone rolled their eyes, you jumped in during my darkest hour without skipping a beat.”