“I ate, slept, and breathed getting pregnant. I tried every old wives’ tale and even drank a tonic from our local mystic store owner. I became consumed.”
‘A psychic took my hand and said, ‘You WILL have a daughter.’ I became obsessed.’: Mom welcomes rainbow baby
‘Dear baby, in our hearts, we believe this is the right choice.’: Mom battling infertility pens letter to kids
“Because of the unique way you came into the world, you’ll be a very special person. You’ll be the exact baby we are supposed to have.”
‘They didn’t know he was dying when they took this picture, but he did.’: Widow shares powerful reminder to ‘keep showing up’
“They didn’t know as he stood there smiling, his organs were being attacked by tumors. They didn’t know his lungs, kidneys, stomach, spine, shoulders, thighs, intestines, abdomen – all of it was covered in cancer. And, they didn’t know he would die in just 58 days.”
‘Dear woman in Target, I’ve heard it before. That I ‘spoil’ her. That she’ll never learn to be ‘independent.’ If only you knew.’: Mom urges ‘spoiling her is the most important job I’ll ever have’ after taking in abused orphan
“If only you knew she spent the first 10 months of her life utterly alone inside a sterile metal crib, with nothing to comfort her. If only you knew how we will spend years trying to override the part of her brain that screams ‘trauma’ and ‘not safe.’ If you only knew this baby now whimpers when she’s put down instead of when she is picked up.”
‘My birth mom held all 3 of her children. It felt like the earth stopped spinning just for us.’: Adoptee reunites with biological family
“I walked up to the window and began to cry. I put my hands against the glass, and my birth mom, my sister, and my grandmother met them with their own. For the first time in my life, I touched people who shared my blood.”
‘Are you dying? Do you have cancer?’ I had absolutely nothing left to give. In 2 months, I was completely bald.’: Woman raises alopecia awareness
“There was hair on my pillow, the fridge, the shower. Every time I caught my reflection, I could see more of my scalp. I avoided shiny surfaces so I didn’t have to see myself.”
‘We sat in a dark room listening to our baby cry as they pried his eyelids open with clamps.’: Newborn diagnosed with ultra-rare Norrie Disease
“This wasn’t right. I was supposed to be blissfully loading my baby into the car, excited to get him home. Instead, my 5-pound baby, was to have eye surgery at 1 week old.”
‘Can you believe you can love something so much?’ I genuinely said no. I had love for her, but I wasn’t drowning in it.’: New mom says ‘my love took time and that’s okay’
“They pulled her out, and I was unfazed. ‘Do you want to hold her?’ I said no, shocked at my own response. I was so overwhelmed I just couldn’t bear the thought.”
‘I had a huge amount of bagged milk in the freezer, and nothing to do with it.’: Woman donates breastmilk to moms in need
“It was painful. But the way his tiny fingers brushed my arm, fingers, and breasts while feeding made me never want to give it up.”
Dear Special Needs Parents: My Lonely Hands Are Stretched Out, Waiting For You To Take Them
“The one who I can call at any hour of the night, because both our families are wide awake anyhow. That friend who sends memes of familiar frustrations, and follows up with ‘We got this,’ and ‘I’m always here.’ The friend who overcasts the heavy, uneducated opinions of others with her kindness.”