“The agent kept talking about her goosebumps while the man hugged the woman and asked for her name.”

“The agent kept talking about her goosebumps while the man hugged the woman and asked for her name.”
“You don’t want to hate people. You don’t. I think babies are beautiful. I think kids are awesome, but you can’t help the jealousy. The envy. The resentment.”
“I hope these photos are shared and embraced for all of us mothers who didn’t get the ‘ideal’ birth, who thought that our bodies were broken, who didn’t get to see our child take his or her first breath.”
“I was bitter, I was losing hope. The home I carefully built and nurtured was destroyed in a burning blaze of rage, violence, and fear. Then, I received a photo in my inbox of a smiling little girl with long eyelashes. I was in love the second I saw her.”
“Watching a child I loved assume joy was too far gone for her to grasp, I knew exactly what to do.”
“When Father’s Day rolls around, I always get discouraged when I see people talking about how much they love their daddy. But then I stop and think about the wonderful man that helped raise me.”
“Kids who feel strongly connected to their parents are more eager to cooperate with them, so it’s worth the effort to enhance that bond. It also just feels great.”
“We can do both. We can recognize the hard while celebrating the good. We can despise those messy, unrelenting dishes, yet find the blessings hidden underneath.”
“I had to ensure my baby would have the best life I could give him.”
“‘This is crazy. It’s not possible.’ I took another one. POSITIVE. I felt like I left my body and was in someone else’s life. How did I go from not being able to get pregnant to having two baby girls in one year?”