“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.'”
‘She lifted her head and said, ‘I hate foster care.’’: Foster mother shares candid look inside system
‘I was worried I’d never become a mother, and that was something I know I was born to be.’
“I couldn’t understand what I had done so wrong in my life to prevent me from having something that should come to my body so naturally.”
‘Did you do this with a marker? ARE YOU SERIOUS?’ Husband hilariously reacts to baby #4
“I’m sleeping with long johns on from now on!”
I Was The Perfect Mom, Until I Had Kids
“That’s when I saw you. A beautiful young woman who presumably doesn’t yet have children of her own. Another perfect (albeit, kidless) mom, just as I had been once upon a time. I recognized the look in your eyes.”
My 13-Year-Old Son Has Been Acting A Little Entitled Lately, So I Humbled Him
“He was making snarky comments about kids at school who shop at the Goodwill, and quite a few other things. I don’t tolerate that.”
Why I No Longer Tell My Child To Be Inclusive And Kind
“This child was verbally putting my child down. This child was harassing my daughter to the point that HER PEERS felt uncomfortable.”
Mom says she’s had an epidural needle stuck in her spine for 14 years: ‘It’s devastating. It’s absolutely wrong’
“I’ve never seen a piece of needle that’s broken off and left in someone’s spine. Never seen it. Never heard of it. It’s outrageous,” her attorney said.
Foster Care Is Heartbreaking And Beautiful At The Same Time
“I upturned my one-girl, one-boy perfect little life, for one of chaos and unpredictability. I signed on to a life of continual hellos and goodbyes, one of sadness chosen and loss embraced. I dove into a life of brokenness.”
DISTURBING: ‘Want to freak yourself out? I’m gonna show how much of your information is stored without you even realizing it’
This includes tracking where you are, what apps you have installed, access to your webcam and microphone, your contacts, e-mails, calendar, call history, the messages you send and receive…
Pregnancy Is NOT An April Fools’ Joke
“What’s funny for a second in your eyes crushes someone else’s heart for eternity.”