“I asked my daughter why she thought Amanda was my girlfriend. She said, ‘Because you are always together, and you look like you love her.’ That was it. We were official and my kids adored her.”
‘A few months after my separation, Amanda decided 3 a.m. was a great time to drunk text me and declare her love.’: Mom of 3 recounts LGBT love story, ‘We were meant to find each other’
‘Can I please call you dad now?’ I asked if he really wanted that. He said, ‘More than anything in the world!’: Stepdad adopts son into forever family
“During the adoption process, when he could see I was having a tough day, he gave me the most powerful advice: ‘Dad, don’t give up hope and keep fighting because we will win!'”
‘They don’t know what it’s like to be judged for loving, for moving on (even though moving on is impossible), for being happy.’: Widow reflects on dating after loss, ‘She’s allowed to keep living’
“Trust that this strong survivor of a woman knows the right person, the right time, the right place – even if it doesn’t make any sense to you. Trust that she knows when she’s ready and when it’s time to love again. Support her.”
They Don’t Brag Enough About A Mama’s Girl — There’s No One Like Her
“No matter what, I will always be beside her. What we take from each other is what we wish for the world: a built-in best friend for life.”
‘It was important they knew I was honored to officially be their Stepmom.’: Woman shares vows with stepsons on wedding day, reflects on blended family journey
“A family isn’t blended in a blending machine, it’s blended in a crockpot – it’s a SLOW and intentional process. There’s times when I have to step up, there’s times when I have to step out, and there’s times when I just need to step to the side and get out of the way!”
Trying To Make ‘Mom Friends’ Felt Like High School All Over Again
“Could I really fit in? Where is the ‘Un-showered, I Have No Idea What I Am Doing’ mom club? Sign me up for that.”
Please Don’t Stop Asking And Inviting Your Friends Struggling With Depression
“They might not have taken you up on your offer to be a listening ear. They might not have shown up to a single event you invited them to, or flaked out at the last minute EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. But at least they knew you cared. You were thinking about them. You hadn’t forgotten them.”
‘I posted online and a man responded with a simple, ‘Needed this.’ It opened the door to the rest of our lives.’: Abuse survivor details meeting love of her life on Instagram
“Jason was in the middle of a divorce. My life felt like a series of breakups. So you can imagine my skepticism when someone wanted to fly down to take me on a date without having met him in person before. But it’s when you stop having expectations that life begins to unfold into the beautiful story it’s meant to become. At least it did for me.”
10 Ways To Love Yourself, Then Someone Else
“Practicing personal development as a couple is you are constantly communicating freely and truly, you learn about yourself, each other, and you both as a couple.”
‘Our first Zoom date ended at 4 a.m. with us dancing and singing together. Even then, we knew how much we liked each other.’: Same-sex couple share beautiful quarantine love story
“After the second or third date, she called it off. It absolutely broke me, which felt silly after such a short period of time, but I didn’t want to lose her before I even had her.”