“Thoughts of a nice smooth pregnancy went out the window. My biggest fears were coming to life.”
‘The doctor walked in and said, ‘It’s time to take him.’ A rush of fear came over me. We were supposed to have another week.’: Heart warrior ‘defies the odds one day at a time’
‘Both of his eyes bounced. I knew there was something wrong.’: Mom says ‘we didn’t know how beautiful raising a blind child would be’
“I cried every time I thought of him not being able to see my face. It was hard not to grieve the baby we once dreamed of.”
‘My husband grabbed my hand. ‘Just breathe, babe.’ It started like always. The heavy breathing. The sweaty hands. The turning stomach.’: Woman says ‘he doesn’t buy me flowers, but he sits with me in my lowest moments’
“I was always told to wait for the man who would bring me flowers, hold the door open, and buy me jewelry just because. But the man I’m so grateful I waited for, is the man who does things in silence.”
‘My cell phone vibrated. ‘Children’s genetics ANSWER.’ This was the moment I’d been waiting for.’: New mom shares journey parenting child with Prader-Willi Syndrome
“12 years into this gig, I can confidently say parenting a child with a disability isn’t for the faint of heart.”
‘Your placenta looks really bad.’ By the time I got to the hospital, I could barely walk.’: Mom shares grief of child loss, ‘You’re stronger than you think’
“My husband was over the moon. ‘Oh my god, our own team!’ I mourned being pregnant for a while.”
What To Say To A Sexual Assault Survivor
“It’s THIS easy to be supportive.”
‘You should have avoided the situation. Others have it MUCH worse.’: Sexual assault survivor says ‘trauma is not a competition’
“I told myself, ‘You should have been smarter.’ But it’s not up to you. It is NEVER your fault.”
‘We’ve been turned down 35 TIMES by surrogates for our sexual orientation.’: Gay couple have twins via surrogacy
“We’ve been called the f-word in a Home Depot parking lot. We’ve had horrible and nasty DMs on social media. But our kids have two parents who love them DEARLY, and they’re better off for it.”
‘Could you help me?’ They pretended I didn’t exist and placed a stigma on me.’: Blind woman shares ‘humiliating’ experience while on walk with guide dog
“I was so embarrassed by their response I was SHAKING.”
‘When numbers and letters claim a child has fallen behind, here’s the thing. There is no behind. Behind is a flat-out lie.’: Mom urges ‘our kids are so much more than how the world measures them’
“Our kids are so much more than how the world measures them. We cannot measure their hearts and their souls…but oh, if we could, the beauty found there would bring us to our actual knees.”