“You used the fear of trying to parent my newborn babies alone to destroy every particle of confidence in my being. I remember calling my sister sobbing because I was so overwhelmed with three crying babies that all needed me.”
Dear Anxiety: I Will Not Let You Have Power Over My Motherhood Journey
‘I told her how horrible I was, how angry I was. She told me, ‘You’re not angry. You’re scared.’’
“I remember hearing a mom saying how patient motherhood had made her. How her life slowed down and she was calmer. I wondered… why wasn’t I calm? I wasn’t calm as a mother. Actually, if I’m being honest, motherhood made me angry.”
Dear Parents: Make Sure Your Child’s Car Seat Chest Clip Is High Enough
“At 2:30 my phone rang, my husband’s panicked voice came through the line, ‘Honey, we had a car wreck.”
How My Gay Son Made Me Rethink My Conservative Faith
“When Parker came out, I had to re-examine everything I believed.”
My Son Is Battling Heroin Addiction, But I Will Never Lose Hope
“Today he is high again, and today we start all over. And, today I will do what I have always done: pray, hope, and not give up.”
‘I was days away from the happiest day of my life, but was the unhappiest I had ever been’: Man loses 170 pounds in 1 year after wake up call from wedding photos
“We had the best 7 days enjoying all-day buffets and the all-inclusive bar. It wasn’t until we got home that I saw the photos from the wedding. I couldn’t look at myself like this anymore. I had to change, no matter what.”
‘I heard the devastating words, ‘There’s nothing there.’ There was no heartbeat anymore.’: Woman urges ‘second opinion’ after ultrasound mistake
“My body still felt pregnant even though I had already been bleeding, and I just felt weird. I decided to call my good friend who works at another OBGYN. The next day they told me I needed to come in right away for an ultrasound because my pregnancy levels came back at 30,000. They didn’t know if there was a twin, a pregnancy located somewhere else, or what it was.”
‘He didn’t like being at the hospital overnight, and that we didn’t bring mom to see him.’
“Mom was sitting next to dad rubbing his head. He was dozing off. Every time he was almost asleep she would say, ‘Are you tired Carl?’ and he would wake up and say, ‘Yep.’ He didn’t seem frustrated by her interruptions – for him, it was just another day.”
‘She told me they were doing more tests to confirm, it was up to me if I wanted to tell him or not. Wait, what? You want me to tell him?’
“You want ME to tell him he has a terminal disease? I’m barely holding it together as it is, and I am supposed to sit with him and lie and pretend like I don’t know he’s dying?”
‘They had the happiest relationship until recently when she randomly asked to go to therapy.’: Woman recounts friends relationship struggles
“Things were not working out and I could see that Steven was hurt because he loved Monica so much, she does everything for him, caters to his every need and he appreciates it, but he fears she doesn’t know it.”