“With my son leading and the lesson heavy on my heart, we walked on as we picked up and kept broken seashells.”
‘You may have pieces missing, but you are worthy of keeping.’: Mom’s touching tribute to son who survived cancer
‘This little guy could use some good. We could do that for him.’: Couple adopts 2-month-old suffering from meth withdrawals
“When our agency called, they asked us, ‘There is a 2-month-old baby suffering from meth withdrawals and has a broken femur. Would you be willing to take him?’ I didn’t think there was any way he could’ve been in worse condition. To top it off, Katie and I were convinced we were going to take in older children. Now we had a call for an infant, but not just any infant, a very sick infant.”
‘My son was gone, but that blue ink stain? It was still there.’: Mom shares heartbreaking reminder of what matters
“All of a sudden, I heard one of the boys say, ‘Uh, Oh. I gasped as I saw blue splatters across the floor and a thick pool of ink sinking into our carpet – our brand new carpet. Two years later, he passed away.”
‘I lost my second son last week.’: What one father wants you to know about mental illness
“If a child is born with a hole in her heart, everyone in our society would respond the same way.”
‘Don’t let him board the flight, she’s here!’: Entire airport cheers soldier facetiming birth of girl
“My mother in law secretly FaceTimed Brooks and shoved the phone in the front of her shirt.”
‘I FINALLY get a daddy!’: Step-dad proposes to girlfriend and daughter in beautiful moment
“He said, ‘Adrianna can I be your daddy, to promise to love and protect you for the rest of your life?'”
My 12-Year-Old Helped Deliver Her Sibling, And It Was Magical
“It’s not every day your eldest child at 12 years old gets to deliver your last child.”
‘I replaced self hate, with pure love’: Woman covers self-inflicted scars with ‘mama bear’ tattoo for her autistic son
“I could not stand the thought of my son asking what happened. I am now able to feel that I am worthy, I am loved, and that my purpose is to care for those I love.”
‘The spring weather has awakened mom’: Daughter learns to cherish delightful morning with dementia-suffering mom
“I realize what a gift this moment is. The gift of time, time with my mom. I soon realize this is one of the most beautiful mornings I can remember.”
Emotional moment widow had to pause to ask herself, ‘Am I married to a cop?’
“I didn’t fall into the category of being married, and I didn’t fall in the category of being divorced, but by God, I was going to honor him. And, I was going to remember him.”