“Kristen was young. So young, I had my reservations. I learned very fast that just because another woman was parenting my child, didn’t mean she was taking my place.”
‘If you ask my boy, he’d tell you, he has two dads and two moms. All 4 of us kept Jaden’s needs before our own. A loving, crazy, enormous, blended family.’
‘I was having a hard time finding the words – probably because I haven’t had any sleep – to express to my husband why I’m not in the best of moods in the morning.’
“So, I sat down with my coffee and drew him this visual.”
‘He may leave the hospital with a baby, but not his wife. He needed to prepare himself.’: Woman survives traumatic birth after HELLP Syndrome diagnosis
“My husband and I arrived at the hospital and settled in to await the arrival of our baby boy. I had no idea that the very bed I was settling in would soon become my death bed. I became frantic. I told my husband to find help immediately. I felt like I was dying, and indeed, I was.”
‘To some, Maddie was just a junkie — when they saw her addiction, they stopped seeing her. And what a loss for them.’
“Though we would have paid any ransom to have her back, any price in the world, this disease would not let her go until she was gone.”
‘This 3-year-old was kicking and screaming and flopping around. ‘Say something kind to her,’ I thought. But then I thought, ‘No, it’s none of your business. LEAVE THE POOR STRANGER ALONE.”
“She looked up at me, blinked twice, and then visibly melted. Tears started streaming.”
‘I’m taking pictures of my jewelry, when my husband walks in. ‘What in the world is going on?!’ I immediately start crying.’: Mom says the ‘good news’ is the cleaning and worrying never end
“I realize the madness I’ve created. It’s just never-ending. I’m not really sure why I’m crying, what day it is, or what’s going on.”
My Son Was Teased For Wanting To Play With Dolls
“By 4-YEAR-OLDS.”
‘This right here was the highlight of the night. I can’t believe he actually fell for it!’: Bride’s HYSTERICAL garter swap gets groom to grind on wrong person
“I was thinking to myself it was going to be an epic fail once he felt the stockings. I was wrong!”
‘I asked her how I was going to explain to everyone that I had lied, and that she never really died. I didn’t care because she was here again with me, and that’s all that really mattered.’
“It was as if she was never really gone. As if somehow this had all been a nightmare.”
When Your Life Blueprint Is Your Own, You Can Never Be A Minute Behind Schedule
“I graduated college in 4 years. My friend dropped out. Another friend graduated and had a job before she could celebrate with wine.”⠀