“When I was 14, my parents surprisingly had another child with Down syndrome. My mother went through a year of emotional breakdown. She felt humiliated.”
‘Having 2 brothers with Down syndrome is far from disabling.’: From ‘humiliation’ to ‘compassion,’ sister says her special needs siblings ‘teach us more than we teach them’
You Didn’t Have To Take On A Father Role, But I’m So Glad You Did
“I was 22 years old and less than two semesters away from finishing college, praying I could still graduate before I had the baby.”
I Gave Birth To My Child While Peeing On The Toilet
“The final push ended up happening on the toilet after my midwife suggested emptying my bladder, and while sitting there a contraction came, so I gave a push and out came his head!”
‘Today was Mommy day and she didn’t come.’ His bright blue eyes filled with tears. ‘What can I do to help?,’ I asked, my heart aching. ‘A hug Mama, you make it better.’
“Halfway through the store in the paper towel aisle I looked down and noticed. He was abnormally quiet. I said his name, and as he looked up I saw the tears streaming down his face. I crouched down to see what was the matter.”
‘I’ve enjoyed a privilege that most women won’t. I’ve never been scared to walk alone at night.’
“There’s a really big conversation happening in the world right now; and it’s an important one.”
‘I shouted, ‘Help my mom! She can’t breathe!’ I saw a priest coming toward me, this was either a dream or we were dead.’
“I remember whispering, ‘Don’t leave me.’ She barely whispered in Vietnamese, ‘I can’t breathe.'”
Yes, Your Kid Is A Jerk (I Hate To Break It To You)
“All kids are jerks.”
I used to be someone who ‘had it all,’ but ‘no one asked me if I was okay.’
“Why do people who seem to have it all end their life? Why would ANYONE end their life? Those are questions I wondered growing up, never being able to understand how someone could be in so much pain inside, that dying was the only solution.”
Wife with dementia ‘listens’ to husband’s story for 15 minutes before cracking a joke, which ‘gives him a sliver of hope she is still there’
“It was perfectly timed. That is all he needs to get him through each new day.”
There Is Always One Day That Is Simply Emotionally Confusing: The Ex-Anniversary Date
“The first time my ex-anniversary rolled around the calendar I tried to block it out. That lasted about 10 minutes. Suddenly, thoughts and feelings about my divorce started to bubble up. I didn’t know how to feel. I couldn’t keep ignoring my past.”