“That urge to peek at the last page of my story has gone away. My heart feels secure. I am ok not with autism, but certainly with Sadie.”
Autism Is Sad, But I Am Not
It’s Time To Stop Telling Women Struggling With Fertility To ‘Just Relax’
“It’s okay if you don’t understand what it feels like for them.”
An Open Letter to My First Born
“Nine years is a long time to be ‘the only’ and you’ve been so much more than my only- you’ve been my every.”
‘We’re labeled ‘career women.’ It’s assumed we’re ‘being too picky.’ Passing by a new mother and her infant would rattle my womb.’: 42-year-old says ‘I have to defend why I’m not a mother when it’s all I ever wanted’
“When you’re over 35 and heartbroken over a breakup with the guy you hoped would be ‘the one’ or watch your close friends go on to their second or third pregnancy, it’s unbearable. The grief over never becoming a mother is one I will never get over.”
How a stranger reminded me that raising little ones is magical
I didn’t notice her at first. It was Saturday morning at McDonald’s. I was in the midst of cutting up pancakes, getting straws in milk and generally trying to keep our three sons quiet and (somewhat) under control. And, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a woman, gazing at our table. Her …
‘What I would want from my grieving children if I was gone on Mother’s Day’
“Watching my husband die was awful. And it was horrifying. But now, being a single mom is really scary.”
When Dementia Steals Mother’s Day
“Since that time I have been going through the motions of mourning the loss of my mother. Although she is still with us in body, she has passed away emotionally and cognitively long ago.”
‘I’ll get to her outfit later’: Daughter’s humorous attempt getting her mom with dementia to the doctor
“I get her in the car and I said, ‘Good job mom, you did great.’ She replied, ‘It was loud. I know they heard me yelling, ‘Get me the hell out of here.'”
‘I used to think adoption was so happy and beautiful.’
“I didn’t know or realize or want to see that just because we’re a forever family doesn’t mean that the past won’t be a part of that forever.”
‘My 8-year-old daughter has autism, one child walked off, refusing to take part in the lesson because my daughter was on her team.’
“Does she have to be on our team?”