“Before I could process I had given birth to you, you were placed on my chest and I started crying. The crying that your soul has been fulfilled.”
‘My liver was shutting down. I could no longer carry my pregnancy without serious risk to us both. Everything came crashing down. I had done everything right!’
‘I blurted out what first came to mind; I would have an abortion.’: Woman has miscarriage, prays for rainbow baby, ‘Those 10 days changed me forever’
“We watched our butterfly kind of stumble around a bit, until we said, ‘Mommy loves you,’ and ‘Daddy loves you’ The butterfly flew away into an overcast sky.”
‘My half-brother became an orphan at 2 years old, and was finally adopted after 458 days, by me – his sister.’: Sister adopts younger brother after father passes
“Easton attended the second most monumental funeral of his life before he could even talk in full sentences. He became an orphan, unexpectedly, in only 12 days. He’s now a brother to 4 sisters whom he is biologically the uncle of!”
‘I was an emotional blob who couldn’t peel myself off my couch’: After miscarriages, postpartum depression, mom loses 100 pounds ‘not for wife me, not mom me, but ME’
“During my depression, at its worst, I was sure I would be on an episode of ‘My 600-lb Life’ by the time I was 35. I am so glad I made a U-Turn in the right direction and I have made the changes to be a better me, wife, and mother.”
‘We didn’t know what was ‘wrong.’ Months went by with nothing. I was left more and more devastated with each negative test.’: Young couple fights through IVF, male-factor infertility, ‘We try to look with a positive light’
“We just wanted to have a baby! It should be easy, right?! Every pregnancy and birth announcement would make me cry. Everyone would ask, ‘When are you going to have kids?’ Inside I was broken.”
‘I was putting away two cases of beer each week’: Man decides to shake his ‘dad bod’ on Father’s Day, loses 70 pounds one year later
“I was bloated, fatigued, and increasingly unhappy with my situation, financially and emotionally. I felt like I was coming up short as a husband and father.”
‘My mom even told the nurses, ‘Don’t feel bad you can’t fix her, we have accepted she will die from anorexia.”
“Just try and keep her alive for as long as possible and maybe some miracle will happen, and she will recover.”
Screentime Is Making Kids Moody, Crazy, And Lazy
“If done correctly, this intervention can produce deeper sleep, a brighter mood, better focus and organization, and an increase in physical activity.”
My Mother’s Battle With Cancer May Have Ended, But She Was Not Defeated
“She was ready; her time here was fulfilled.”
Dear Mom: Even Though You’re Gone, You Will Forever Be My Person
“On our wedding day, my Mom gave my husband a note. A note that was just for the two of them. A note with the title that said, ‘How to be Nikki’s person.’”