“I tortured myself with the fear of not getting any answers. After all the years of feeling lost, feeling different, feeling like an outsider, I felt liberated.”
‘They told me I was bossy, stupid, and difficult. I always felt lost and misunderstood.’: Woman diagnosed with Autism discovers new meaning to life
‘What do you see in this photo? A family enjoying their holiday traditions? A mother’s joy for her baby’s and toddler’s first magical Christmas? A happy family?’: Mom shares battle with postpartum depression
“I bet what you don’t see is a mom who’s quietly dealing with her own inner battle. I bet you can’t see how even though she is truly joyful in this moment on the outside, inside she feels like she can’t quite seem to come up for air.”
Childbirth Is No Joke And Paid Leave Is Not A Vacation
“We are sending women bleeding, swollen, in stitches, in agony, back to offices across this country. We are sending infants to exorbitantly expensive, overworked, understaffed childcare centers.”
‘I send them to school with stains. We eat dinner in front of the TV. We make noise, a lot of it, and we like our pasta best slurped.’: Mom urges ‘dance to the beat of your own family’s drum’
“While I’ll probably always forget to enforce deodorant and matching socks, I love my kids with every freakin’ fiber of my anxiety-ridden being, and not an hour goes by without offering up a hug, a kiss, a carry, a handhold, or supportive comment.”
‘I’ll never forget she lifted him up and trusted me like a last hope.’: Stranger saves choking 10-month-old on verge of death
“He was turning blue.”
‘Humor, sometimes dark, sustained us. As Kristy often says, ‘Laugh or cry. Right?’: Dad details navigating daughter’s Pfieffer Syndrome, other medical diagnoses, ‘No condition defines her’
“We had learned to function on ingenuity and instincts, but we always found a way. Life became stable, imperfect, and ours.”
‘This toy will cost an arm and a leg.’ Then the cashier noticed my daughter, who happens to be missing an arm and a leg.’: Employee’s embarrassing comment sparks conversation and connection
“It’s okay to say embarrassing things. It’s okay to say something imperfect. But what’s even better, is to continue the conversation.”
‘My parents taught me it’s a blessing to be a blessing.’: 13-year-old boy uses only Make-A-Wish to feed homeless community
“If I was out there on the streets, homeless, I would want somebody, at some point, to think of me.”
‘I am smart!’ ‘I am a good person!’: Teacher boosts students’ confidence with heartwarming daily affirmations
Neffiteria teaches math and science at Gideons Elementary School, but her students are getting a lot more than just book-learning in her class.
Please Don’t Judge Grieving Moms For Sharing Hospital Photos — Sometimes It’s All We Have
“For 5 of the 6 days of my son’s life, he was hooked up to hospital machines. It can be hard to look at, but if you look past the tubes and tape, you’ll see my beautiful baby boy.”
