“I felt paralyzed. ‘What does that even MEAN?!’ She’s right there in front of me!! She’s inside of me! How DARE you tell me that! She’s RIGHT THERE! I SEE her!!'”

“I felt paralyzed. ‘What does that even MEAN?!’ She’s right there in front of me!! She’s inside of me! How DARE you tell me that! She’s RIGHT THERE! I SEE her!!'”
“I felt helpless.”
“It’s difficult when you catch yourself not being you. You wonder, ‘Why is this happening? When will it get better?’ Your spark will return, and you will shine like you were meant to.”
“I got it on video and my hand started shaking. I parked my car and jolted upstairs to show my dad, and after a few plays, he too heard what I heard!”
“To the girl whose heart is so bitter… I love you. I know it’s not fair.”
“It’s funny how you spend most of your life doing everything in your power to NOT get pregnant. Then you get older, get married, and some have to do everything in your power TO get pregnant. We sat there, listening to every word my doc said, but all I heard was, ‘You can’t have a baby.’ We’d have to pay $17,000. I immediately felt all the blood drain from my body. $433 a MONTH for a child we didn’t even know if we were going to get.”
“I’ll be honest. I was taken aback.”
“I sit next to her. ‘Let’s take a picture together…’ We touch noses, and I take the picture. ‘Am I dead?! Am I dreaming?! Am I a vampire?!’ SHE WASN’T IN IT.”
“This was a photo my husband never told me he took. Now when I look at this picture, I see something beautiful.”
“My responsibility to feed the family, keep the house clean, and take care of the kids is assumed, even as I return to work.”