“Together we can make the world better for all of our children.”
5 Ways White Moms Can Raise Anti-Racist Kids
‘I was divorced, he was divorced. There wasn’t a light at the end of the tunnel. It was there, in each other.’: Mom re-marries after ’emotionally abusive’ relationship, now ‘beautifully blended family’
“I prayed every night I’d find someone to love my daughters as their own. I just wanted them to have a daddy. Out of curiosity, I signed up for a dating site, but didn’t do much with it. The last day of my free trial, I found a picture of a man and a beautiful little boy. Something about talking to him just felt right. Like all the horrible things that happened to me had been wiped away. The hard times brought us together.”
‘He’s out here everyday in the hot sun trying to earn money, and not beg for it or rob for it.’
“I barely even know him but he has touched and inspired me so much.”
‘In this picture, I see a happy pregnant woman. Not a heartbroken mother days away from losing two of her babies.’
“After years of infertility, my husband and I were ecstatic to be expecting triplets. But, the pregnancy bliss was shattered when I went into labor at 22 weeks gestation.”
‘An elderly woman came into my station and gave me $3 in change to put on her gas pump. A police officer heard the amount and realized she was struggling’: Cop’s simple act of kindness ‘really helped’ woman who just lost her husband
“The $3 will only get her so far. She told him her husband had recently passed away and she’s stuck paying all their bills, and is behind every month. She would have most likely ran out of gas.”
‘It’s just cells. Don’t beat yourself up over it.’ That was it. I was sent on my merry way to mourn the loss of my child.’: Woman delivers rainbow baby after losing 7 children
“I remember crawling to the bathroom feeling like a knife was running its way from my navel down, unbeknownst to me that I was even pregnant. I remember sitting there thinking, ‘I’m going to be one of those people on that TV show ‘I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant’. Then, I felt the release of my dead baby. The ER doctor told me, ‘Oh, use a heating pad for any pain.’ That’s it. No follow up, no resources available, just use a heating pad.”
‘I flatlined for 36 hours after delivering my daughter.’: Mom survives ‘silent killer’ Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
“Eventually, my heart began to beat on its own again. I met my daughter for the first time two weeks after delivery.”
‘He was buried in the sand for fun and it has become our nightmare.’
“‘Everyone knows to wear shoes on the beach because you can get parasites.’ I assured them, everyone does NOT KNOW THAT!”
‘My liver was shutting down. I could no longer carry my pregnancy without serious risk to us both. Everything came crashing down. I had done everything right!’
“Before I could process I had given birth to you, you were placed on my chest and I started crying. The crying that your soul has been fulfilled.”
‘I did not like my children when this photo was taken. I actually resented them for existing.’
“I know some of your jaws are hanging open, probably disgusted thinking, ‘How the hell can someone dislike their own children?’ I know, it’s effed up, which is why it took me so long to tell anybody about it.”
