“To find her was truly a miracle.”
I Bought A House With A Shared Driveway Next To A Sister I Didn’t Know I Had
‘I have not needed a feather of my own in many years. I knew why he did.’
“I get it. I’m a lot like you, Oliver.”
How An Old Ginger Ale Bottle Gave My Wife A Traumatic Brain Injury
“A home-made bottle of ginger ale was taken from the refrigerator to the kitchen sink to be poured out. Shelly was busy and didn’t pour it out right away. As it sat on the counter for a few days, it went from cold to warm, and it slowly fermented.”
‘I walked by the man cave. ‘I love you very much!,’ he shouted. That night, at the age of 32, I became a widow.’: Pregnant wife’s harrowing journey after unexpected death of husband
“I finally fell asleep with the sounds of Dan’s snores in the background. At 3:40 a.m., for some odd reason, I opened my eyes. I heard silence. I ran downstairs. To this day, I have no idea why I panicked. I turned on the light to the man cave. He was right where I left him only 40 minutes earlier, still in his recliner. Only this time, I knew he wasn’t asleep.”
My Mom Delivered My Babies (After Cervical Cancer Stole My Birthing Ability)
“Not feeling them inside me was a roller coaster of emotions. At times I felt as if this was not even happening. Having these two bundles finally lay on my chest for skin to skin contact allowed me to feel that connection with them I had missed.”
‘Moms will never treat themselves, so it’s up to us to do it for them.’
“Most of our shopping trips end in the old, ‘Let’s just go, it’s too hard, they’re tired.’ She normally leaves defeated, and without the things she needed.”
Motherhood Is The Most Thankless Job There Is
“Thank you for doing the most amazing, thankless job there is with so much love.”
‘Our marriage was over. I found out things about him that left me devastated. I was raised in a home where divorce didn’t happen.’: Mom overcomes divorce and alcoholism with 2 years of sobriety
“I called a guy on the phone. He was like, ‘are you drunk?’ I said, ‘no,’ and my friends started laughing. Here I was, 24 years old, single mom of 2 boys and working 2 jobs. I was hurting and every chance I got I went to bars and drank more than I should have. I was in self-destruct mode.”
‘When am I going to get my baby brother? I just want my baby brother.’: After losing a baby at 11 weeks, mom is THRILLED to tell her son he’d finally get ‘his baby brother’
“His smallness took my breath away. That night, my in-laws brought Mikey to see me. We told him he finally had his baby brother. The first time Mikey saw him, he beamed. ‘He has red hair just like me!’ I feel honored to witness their love. It’s as if the two of them were destined to be each other’s brother.”
‘This is what happens when you see your baby’s head pop out and go back in’
“She was only in labor for 9 minutes!”