“We were frantic! I called 16 different hospitals in 3 states. We got her transferred. They were going to do everything possible to try to get Molli to the 22 week mark and bring Cullen into the world as healthy as he could be.”
‘He told her our baby would have a 2% chance to make it, and if he did, he would be mentally handicapped. A handicapped child is still a child, and still deserves to be loved.’
‘Your sister was in an accident. Her car was hit by a train. She didn’t make it.’: Sister suffers from PTSD after losing sibling, admits ‘I’m having a hard time swallowing that pill’
“We were texting. I said, ‘Punkin, we’ll talk later.’ My later didn’t go the way I had planned. My momma was on the phone screaming. What am I supposed to do? My daddy. I’ve got to get to my daddy. Where are my brothers? Do they know? We planned every painful step of her memorial. We had to pick out her clothes, jewelry, the box we’d lay her in. I’m done. I’m done hiding.”
‘I am out of town again helping my brother and his family, as his wife still lies in the hospital. I am angry.’
“There are lots of tears, more than we can count. Lots of fights. And lots of people tugging at me. And after a day of visiting, entertaining, keeping everyone fed, clothed and bathed, my tank is empty.”
‘I had a message from a friend who is expecting her first baby, asking how things are going with our newborn. I almost wrote back a quick, ‘It’s wonderful!’ Then I didn’t.’
“When we took the childbirth prep class, I scoffed to my husband when the nurse said maternity leave is a necessity, not a luxury, because new moms spend at least 8 hours a day nursing their baby. ‘Yeah right,’ I said.”
‘Feral. The word they used to describe our little girl the day she came to our home. Sounds terrifying, doesn’t it?’: Foster mom’s reminder not to fear ‘that kid’ or underestimate their potential
“She was 3.5 years old. She couldn’t speak. Not a single word. Not a single sentence. How is this even possible?””
‘At 27, I felt like such a child myself. I laid in bed and sobbed, wondering if I actually had what it took to love the most vulnerable in our city.’
“The orphans, the wounded, the hurting little souls that are our future. I questioned all of it, if I could do this as a single woman.”
8 Reasons My Children Bake Their OWN Birthday Treats
“We hope to teach our children they don’t always need the latest and greatest to have a fulfilling life. They kept saying, ‘look at my cupcakes! Look! I made that! I did that, guys!'”
‘When he first joined our family after losing both of his parents, these two were BEST friends. Lately though? They fight like cats and dogs. They are SO mean to each other.’
“They got along so well it felt like a fairy tale. But things quickly took a huge spiral downwards. My husband and I laid in bed going, ‘What in the world is happening right now? Why are they fighting so much?'”
‘At our 12 week scan the doctors confirmed there were two strong heartbeats. I breathed a huge sigh of relief. We had made it, and made it with twins no less!’
“The doctor pulled us aside. I could tell from the look on her face she didn’t have good news. The heartbeat was strong, yes, but they had detected an ‘abnormality’ on one of the twins’ scans.”
My Husband And Ex-Husband Parent My Son Together, Because Love Should Always Come First
“Our family dynamics are unconventional to the average person, but we choose to go against what others feel is normal and lead our children with love, acceptance, and forgiveness.”