“I felt helpless.”
‘I would have taken her place if I could.’: Husband’s heartbreaking account of their ‘devastating’ infertility battle
To The Girl Who Hasn’t Felt Like Herself Lately
“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.”
‘Hello’ from the other side: Woman’s deceased sister says ‘hello’ in mysterious radio message
“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 Who Hated My Pregnancy Announcement
“To the girl whose heart is so bitter… I love you. I know it’s not fair.”
‘I thought I was ‘exempt’ from PCOS. We picked out baby names, even backup names! The weight gain, the moodiness? This was it! I was pregnant! Oh, how wrong I was.’ Woman with PCOS embarks on emotional infertility journey
“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.”
‘They couldn’t believe I landed a guy as good looking as this – why should I, a curvy girl, get him?’: Woman says ‘we are not our bodies’ in face of judgement
“I’ll be honest. I was taken aback.”
I Pranked My Wife With This Hilariously Spooky Polaroid Photo Shoot
“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.”
Dear Newborn Parents: You Did It, You Survived Uncharted Territories
“This was a photo my husband never told me he took. Now when I look at this picture, I see something beautiful.”
Dear Husband, I Need More Help
“My responsibility to feed the family, keep the house clean, and take care of the kids is assumed, even as I return to work.”
‘She was stunning. She was angelic. How could she look so perfect, and be so sick?’
“The exact second I stepped into my daughter’s hospital room was the very second the surgeon threw his hands in the air and said, ‘That’s it. There is nothing else we can do.’”