“Mrs. Patton must have sensed my nervousness because at the end, she smiled and touched my arm. She said, ‘Everything is going to be okay.’ My son needed a beacon of light, and she was it.”
‘I walked to her desk, my belly in knots, and proceeded to tell her all my son’s problems, faults, and the things she might struggle with.’: Mom thanks ‘hero’ teacher for helping son blossom
‘All I want is to keep his memory alive.’: Mom puts spin on elf on a shelf to teach world about autism after son passes from cancer
“I whispered, ‘I love you, mommy’s best boy ever.’ As he passed away, I promised I’d always talk and educate people on autism.”
Dear Moms, Enjoy The Imperfections This Holiday Season
“They’ll remember if you were happy to spend time with them. They’ll remember how you went with the flow. They’ll remember the warmth of your snuggles.”
‘It’s not easy being green. There’s freedom when we own it, name it, and admit it.’: Mom shares importance of accepting jealousy
“We outgrow a lot of things as we age, but do we ever really outgrow jealousy? There’s a certain freedom in putting our jealously out there and talking it out.”
‘You can miss who you used to be and STILL be a great, loving mom.’: Mom realizes she’s not a different person, but a better version of herself
“I miss being able to go to bed when I wanted. I miss date nights with my husband. I miss eating hot meals. But then it hit me. I don’t miss the OLD ME… I miss the things I used to do before being a mom.”
This Is What Christmas Is All About—And What It’s Not
“A beautiful Christmas doesn’t need much. Sometimes all it takes is two strangers playing a few rounds of cards with you.”
‘One bag of clementines. She cried, and I fought back tears.’: Woman shares the power of giving, urges others to pass on kindness
“I was crying in the hallway. One of my professors saw me and asked me to stay after class. Today, I had the opportunity to pass on that gift.”
‘I was recovering from my date with a guy who rear-ended me, then asked me to dinner. Seeing the potential for a meet cute (and free meal), I agreed.’: Woman recounts hilarious first date with husband
“After 30 minutes of driving down dark roads to a ‘surprise,’ I‘d been convinced he was taking me somewhere to kill me. Just as I was praying to God to let it be swift and painless, the guy pulled up behind a building, put on a headlamp, and jumped in a dumpster. Not the free meal I’d had in mind.”
‘Motherhood is far from perfect. If we can celebrate that, we should also celebrate the imperfect chaos of parenting together.’: Wife candidly shares the effect parenting has on marriage
“In between watching him become a father moments and newborn sleeping on your chest photos, there’s the passing each other on the staircase in the dark moments and the sleeping in different rooms because one of us should sleep moments.”
‘I chose to have kids. But I am imperfect and eventually use up all my patience.’: Mom opens up about motherhood burnout, ‘Next time you see an exhausted mom, tell her she’s doing a great job’
“Mothers are told we chose to have our kids, so we CAN’T burn out. False. We do burn out. We feel over-touched, overly loved, and overly sensitized to everything.”