‘They don’t like you.’ No one wants you there. The unanswered text kills you inside.’: Woman thankful for friends who understand her anxiety, ‘You won’t have to face this alone’

“Anxiety is the time you spend waiting for an answer as a scenario plays out in your mind. It’s apologizing for things that don’t require an ‘I’m sorry.’ When you come across friends who begin to understand, you realize you don’t have to face the battle alone.”

‘They are WAY too big to be picked up!’ They’re unaware I never held their tiny bodies. I fell and sobbed.’: Couple adopts 4 kids, ‘Being parents is the most extraordinary privilege’

“I’ve pulled live frogs from my son’s pants. They’ve peed in their dresser drawers. Their tiny lives are brimming with trauma and neglect. I’ve lost friends and family. I’ve missed major portions of their lives. They will always belong to another mama, too.”

‘The ministry called. ‘We have a boy and a girl. Would you be open to adopting two children?’ WHAT? Could this be real?! We were moved to tears.’: After 11 miscarriages, failed surrogacy, couple adopt 2 kids from foster care

“11 miscarriages, a failed surrogacy, and a failed adoption later, a family member on my husband’s side begged us not to give up. ‘Try ONE more time.’ If it was meant to be, it would be. ‘These are actually our babies?!’ TEARS upon tears of joy came upon me as I held them.”

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