“My situation was a living nightmare. We wanted to give her the basic things every baby should have, like a soft toy. We simply couldn’t afford it.”
‘I faced the choice of buying food or affording diapers. It’s a lonely place to be.’: New mom thanks local baby bank for donating supplies
‘She was there for every single contraction. She reminded me to breathe. She held me when I felt like crumbling.’: Woman says being a doula is ‘making friends for life’
“I had my daughter at home, unmedicated, in a birth tub in my living room.”
‘Today on our daily run a little girl yelled, ‘May I pet your puppy?’ from outside the funeral home. ‘My daddy died today.’: Woman and her pitbull share touching act of kindness for grieving girl
“She wrapped her arms around Blue’s neck and wouldn’t let go. She then jumps up and says, ‘I want you to meet my Daddy!!! Can you please come meet him??’ As I looked around, there wasn’t a dry eye to be found.”
‘In front of the entire train, he pointed at me and shouted, ‘Look at that freak!’ I broke down into floods of tears.’: Man with cystic hygroma shares self-love journey
“‘You don’t look like the other boys. You look different.’ I was sick of giving power to strangers. It was time to take back control.”
‘Adult-sized shoes are piled by the front door where their bikes used to be. I blinked. That’s it. Our boys, they are men now.’: Woman thanks ‘wolfpack of mom friends’ as all-grown-up son’s graduate
“Have we done enough? Did we cheer loud enough? Will they always remember we were their biggest fans no matter what? Man, I hope so.”
‘What am I doing wrong?’ It had been hours since she last nursed. She must have been starving.’: Mom shares breastfeeding journey, ‘A fed baby is a happy baby’
“I tried to feed him, but he’d just cry and scream or show no interest at all. I felt like I was failing for the second time.”
‘I wish we could do something to spread hope and cheer.’: Family paints kindness rocks to spread love during lockdown
“Like throwing rocks into a pond, we hoped this would create a ripple effect.”
‘This is your baby’s way of waving a flag.’ Our whole world came crashing around us.’: Grieving mom welcomes rainbow baby
“I didn’t want to get up out of bed. I couldn’t function. All I wanted now was to be a momma on earth. I wasn’t interested in anything else.”
‘I bawled my eyes out as I paid for my groceries. ‘I’m failing as a mom.’ I felt so useless, alone.’: Postpartum depression warrior starts mission to spread kindness
“One day, I chose to sit outside in a park during my lunch break. A stranger complimented my new bag. It was such a little thing, but it shifted something within me.”
‘When I was face to face with someone, it popped up. ‘I want to kill you.’ It tortured me.’: Woman with OCD urges ‘you don’t have a bad brain’
“I had to keep washing my hands until they were chapped and bleeding. I couldn’t stop until the ‘bad thoughts’ ceased.”