“We decided to teach Jackson to fight back. We helped him realize that he can be confident and proud of who he is.”
‘That was the best day of my life.’: After bullying, little boy’s disabilities ‘go away’ during Avengers superhero transformation
‘Every baby should be loved and have the opportunity to truly live before they die’: Terminally ill children adopted by selfless woman
“I want them to be in my arms when they die. Held, peaceful, and loved to the very end.”
As A Military Spouse, My Husband Is Gone A Lot—But I Am NOT A Single Mom
“A well-meaning friend recently said to me, ‘I don’t know how you do everything you do all alone. Your husband is gone so much, you are like a single mom!’ My dear, sweet friend, I love you, and I know you were trying to compliment me. But, no, my life is nothing like that of a single mom.”
‘For 6 months I would be 23 and go through menopause’: Military spouse’s heartbreaking journey to get pregnant
“With my husband leaving for Syria just a month later, we were not left with much of a choice.”
‘I’m so sorry. I can’t find the heartbeat’: Husband’s gripping account of pregnancy journey ‘nobody talks about it’
“You don’t want to hate people. You don’t. I think babies are beautiful. I think kids are awesome, but you can’t help the jealousy. The envy. The resentment.”
‘This too is beautiful. This too is a miracle.’: Birth photographer empowers C-section moms
“I hope these photos are shared and embraced for all of us mothers who didn’t get the ‘ideal’ birth, who thought that our bodies were broken, who didn’t get to see our child take his or her first breath.”
‘It was time to go and get our girl, and NOTHING was going to keep us from bringing her home.’ After violent home invasion, mom embarks on emotional adoption journey to ‘heal’ her broken family
“I was bitter, I was losing hope. The home I carefully built and nurtured was destroyed in a burning blaze of rage, violence, and fear. Then, I received a photo in my inbox of a smiling little girl with long eyelashes. I was in love the second I saw her.”
‘I unexpectedly conceived the same month I reached my goal weight.’: Woman thanks weight loss for giving her life ‘purpose’ again
“When we moved in with my mother, it became clear how far I had fallen. My asthma and allergies were untreated, I was obese, and I slept, drank, and ate far too much.”
‘At nine-years-old, she said ‘I don’t think I will ever feel joy.’
“Watching a child I loved assume joy was too far gone for her to grasp, I knew exactly what to do.”
‘You can get pregnant naturally, but it’ll be much harder.’ We had a 2% chance. ‘POSITIVE.’: Mother conceives naturally 3 months after giving birth to IVF baby, ‘The universe works in funny ways’
“‘This is crazy. It’s not possible.’ I took another one. POSITIVE. I felt like I left my body and was in someone else’s life. How did I go from not being able to get pregnant to having two baby girls in one year?”