“’I think you need to go into the hospital because I’m not sure what that is!’ A huge chunk of flesh was sticking out of me. It felt worse than giving birth.”
‘Looking at me, color left his face. ‘I’m going to get my mom!’: Woman shares postpartum trauma, ‘My growth as a mother has just begun’
‘I’m so sorry. This isn’t fair.’ My tumor was the most beautiful gift I’d ever received.’: Brain cancer warrior says ‘I’m more alive than I’ve ever been’
“Despite professional success, I was miserable. I was clinically depressed, unhappy, and facing a failing marriage. My tumor was the most beautiful gift I’d ever received.”
‘What is that speck over there?’ The nurse practitioner saw 1 baby, then 2!’: Mom of multiples shares fertility journey, ‘It was ALL worth it’
“I wish someone recorded our faces. We had NO WORDS.”
‘You’re in the area to buy crack.’ I was alone on the side of the road, my beachball-sized belly hiding under my dress.’: Woman shares encounter with police officer, ‘I felt I didn’t belong’
“The whole situation, I was looking for any other reason for his behaviors outside of race. I didn’t want it to be race related. We never do. Ever.”
‘I opened my cooler and broke down in tears.’: Mom struggling to produce breast milk receives help from strangers on Facebook
“Hearing words like ‘life expectancy’ and ‘quality of life’ absolutely destroyed me. Within DAYS, my motherhood journey completely changed.”
‘Your son got into trouble.’ I tried to stay calm.’: Dad shares how to parent an ’emotionally troubled child’
“‘The ‘cool’ guys made fun of me.’ My heart BROKE for my son. But I also encouraged him. He needed to understand it’s NORMAL.”
‘The doctor pulled up my MRI. ‘Are you sure you want to see it? It’s big.’ It was a fear I’d never felt before.’: Woman with brain cancer urges ‘love your body through the good and difficult’
“My migraines began with a small blurry spot. This blur got bigger and bigger until I couldn’t see anything. ‘Get to an emergency room now!’ I couldn’t believe my ears.”
No One Talks About The Messy Parts Of Miscarriage
“I remember thinking, ‘Why didn’t anyone tell me it would be like this?'”
‘I awoke to my husband’s screams. ‘Wake up, Kara isn’t breathing!’ In the blink of an eye, she was gone.’: Mom loses daughter to SIDS, starts foundation in her honor
“I’d never feel those soft baby hairs, the heat of her being alive. I’d never see her smile again. The pain was so severe I thought I’d die.”
‘A crowbar came through the windshield and struck him in the head.’ When he died, a bit of me died too.’: Grieving daughter turns to cooking therapy
“I was hungry to keep his legacy alive, starving for people to recognize my loss. The casseroles stop coming before the grieving has even begun.”