“We’re NOT the cause of what happened to us.”
Let’s Make It Clear, Having Too Many Drinks DOESN’T Lead To Sexual Assault
‘Men broke into my house. There’s blood all over the walls.’ There was my mom, wild-eyed and terrified.’: Daughter becomes caregiver to mom with dementia
“When I got to the house, there were no men, no blood. I dove headfirst into my new role.”
‘My husband popped the trunk. Out fell our giant brown bag, spilling dozens of whiskey bottles onto the asphalt. My son’s expression said it all.’: Mom of 3 shares sobriety journey
“When I was younger, my mom asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. A stay-at-home mom addicted to alcohol wasn’t part of that equation.”
‘We’d been home from the hospital 3 nights when I saw two missed calls from the pediatrician. I knew this was life-changing.’: Mom shares daughter’s journey with Cystic Fibrosis
“Shay had bright green stool no one in the hospital could figure out. ‘Her infant panel results came back. There is no cure.’ After hanging up, I broke down crying.”
‘When the nurse removed the bandages, I held my breath and squeezed my eyes closed.’: Woman shares journey with bilateral cleft lip and palate
“I expected fireworks. I might finally feel whole and love myself completely. Instead, I felt betrayed by myself.”
‘We won’t call you unless there’s bad news.’ I’ll never forget hearing the phone ring.’: Mom shares daughter’s Down syndrome diagnosis, ‘My eyes see beauty so differently’
“I grieved the baby I thought I was going to have. I grieved the baby I thought I wanted. I felt not fit for this.”
‘Somewhere along the way we became angry. We put up walls, we stopped holding hands.’: Special needs parent urges ‘never stop fighting for each other’
“We poured so much of ourselves into our children, we forgot marriage needs attention and work, too. We advocated for our children, but we forgot to advocate for each other.”
‘There’s no way she’s your baby. Didn’t your parents teach you about protection?’ I was raising a baby, just a young kid myself.’: Teen mom urges ‘you were always meant to be my baby girl’
“I was always so caught up in what others thought, I believed I was too young to be a good mom. It wasn’t until last year, when I was looking back at old photos of us, I noticed it. I was always ready to be your mother.”
‘I worry what other people think when they see it.’: Mom says ‘from our messy home to yours, you are ENOUGH’
“There’s ONE precious life to live, during which you do your best every day, and that’s ENOUGH.”
‘PLEASE come back. BREATHE!’: Mom turning ‘trauma into teachable moment’ after son nearly drowns
“We were IN THE POOL with him when it happened.”