“I had a sickening feeling when I accepted the call. Is he having a mental breakdown? ‘I hear you loud and clear, and I’m absolutely fine.’ Silly me.”
‘What could he possibly be talking about?’ I was utterly confused. ‘You will always be my baby sister.’: Woman discovers adoption by grandparents at age 41
I Had A Good Childhood And Got Straight A’s, But Mental Illness Doesn’t Discriminate
“Everything was going great until 7th grade in 2014.”
‘She texted me a positive pregnancy test photo. ‘Do you want another baby?’: After struggle with infertility, couple share beautiful open adoption journey
“‘Do you have a name for this baby?’ I have never loved someone so unconditionally while, at the same time, feeling immense gratitude for her sacrifice.”
‘Tears falling, I limped to the school bathroom. ‘The bottom of your femur just broke off and is stuck underneath your kneecap.’: Young woman turned personal trainor shares journey with Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
“Life completely flip-flopped on me. I was so depressed and mad at my body, I began to self-harm out of frustration. It took me a while to see value in myself again.”
‘He quietly tip-toed into my room, eyes sleepy and hair disheveled from tossing and turning. ‘Can I lie with you?’: Mom shares sweet reminder ‘one day they won’t come to you anymore’
“I wanted some me time. Scratch that, I NEEDED some me time. Still, I couldn’t turn him away. You see, this lockdown and remote learning isn’t boding well with him. He needed to know I was there, needed to know he could count on me.”
‘It’s like throwing everything in the backseat, then slamming on the brakes so it all comes flying forward.’: Woman candidly shares journey grieving multiple loved ones
“I was 12 when my mom died. My youngest sibling was a baby, just learning how to walk. It was Easter and she was taken by a brain aneurysm. Gone. At 35. No explanation. I successfully blocked it out of my mind for 20+ years. Attempting to protect my heart. It worked…until it didn’t.”
‘When our daughter was 13 weeks old, he admitted, ‘I fell out of love with you.’ He was leaving us.’: Single mom shares journey full of support from mom who parented solo
“I was completely shattered. I’d known him 14 years, been together 13 years. We had a beautiful family home, a crazy dog who we rescued, and to complete our little family, our newborn daughter.”
‘I think we all needed a Laurel.’ I fought the current again and again, but I’d do it all over for her.’: Single mom by choice pens ode to ‘Sunshine Girl’ daughter
“In the many years before my daughter, I came to my beach for answers.”
‘I can’t believe they’re allowing their kid to scream like that in public.’ Try giving that mother a pat on the back.’: Mom shares hilarious truths, ‘Motherhood is an everyday trial’
“‘You’re spoiling your kid.’ If it gets me through one more grocery trip so I can get enough coffee to survive another week, then throw that lightsaber in the buggy, kiddo.”
‘I don’t remember the last time I held you. There was no parade, no photo to commemorate it. Just one day I held you, and it was the last time.’: Mom urges ‘soak each moment in’
“Tonight, you asked to lay on top of my stomach like when you were a baby. I of course said yes. But we fumbled around for too long, both trying to get comfortable, until we realized it just wasn’t going to happen. One day I held you, and it seemed there was no end in sight for this pure bliss. Then, one day, it was the last time.”