“I sent a text asking how his day was. No answer. I called, he didn’t answer. I started to worry. I left work and drove home. As I pulled onto my street, I got an eerie feeling. I got inside, walked up the stairs to our room, and that is when I knew. He was gone.”
‘Brandy, will you marry me’ was painted on his belly. He was down on one knee. I was in shock.’: After husband’s sudden death, wife’s powerful tribute will bring you to tears
‘I knew something was very wrong by the way the doctor was acting. The police came, and I couldn’t understand what was going on. Why were they there?’
“They wouldn’t let me fly with her, and looking back, I now know it’s because they didn’t know who had hurt her.”
Dear Abusers: I Will Raise My Sons Right, So Your Daughters Are Safer Than I Was From You
“For all the men who were once teenagers doing ‘boys will be boys’ atrocities, thinking they are sitting there with their beautiful family and all is forgotten.”
I Started A ‘Need Box’ In My Classroom, And It Was My Best Teaching Decision Yet
“The first week, two boys let me know about a bullying situation. We got it taken care of.”
‘We ended up accidentally getting pregnant after knowing each other for only a month. A few weeks later, that dream dissolved before our eyes.’: Mom suffers 2 miscarriages, gives birth to 2 ‘beautiful rainbow babies’
“I went into shock, paralyzed by what I’d just seen. All of a sudden, I heard a noise I couldn’t recognize. It was coming from me. A deep, loud, moaning scream; the sound of grief and disbelief. We were wheeled up to delivery and I remember a man telling my husband, ‘Good luck and congratulations,’ as he thought we were going to deliver a healthy baby. Never in my wildest dreams did I think we’d ever have to pick an urn for one of our children.”
‘Not everyone knows what the TEAL PUMPKIN is. It lets trick-or-treaters with allergies know you have stuff for them.’: Mom’s important reminder this Halloween season
“There are kids out there that can’t even have candy. As a kid with a nut allergy, I really encourage everyone to put out the teal pumpkin.”
‘He wanted to get meth, so we did. I’d been clean for a month. I took a pregnancy test. There was a tiny faint line.’: Addicted couple gets clean after learning of pregnancy, says their son is their ‘saving grace’
“I was so excited listening that drugs didn’t cross my mind. I was terrified after he came I’d get bad off again, but there was no way I was going to let someone else raise my baby. We used each other as support. Every night we’d lay down and listen to the baby’s heartbeat.”
‘Being a ‘stay at home’ dad of twins is all I know. ‘How do you do it?’ That’s easy. Because I have to.’
“Please, do not say you know what it’s like having twins. You don’t. I Promise.”
Only 1 Child Appears In This Photo, But I Am A Mother Of 3
“This picture-perfect moment is far from perfect.”
‘You lost your temper. You were late for after-school pick-up. But did you love them?’
“You’re going to take the easy way out every now and then. And they’ll notice.”