“I am exhausted. But I am hyper alert and my thoughts are intense. Everything is still spinning in my head. Like running on adrenaline, but feeling so fatigued.”
‘It started off as a good day where I felt like I could be productive. But then the demands of parenting pulled me in every way, until I was stretched beyond bouncing back.’
‘I commented how my breasts hurt. My mom asked if I thought I was pregnant. I laughed it off, telling her I had the IUD and there was no way, but a seed of doubt started to bloom.’
“I decided the copper IUD was the best option. It had no hormones and protection for 10 years? Yes please! We were in no way ready for kids yet. I had it put in, and boy did it hurt! Aside from a long period, I was okay. That is until September 2nd…”
‘He tried committing suicide by hanging. By the time he was found, he had no sign of life. ‘No, no this can’t be happening. This can’t be real!’: Mom shares 10-year-old son’s suicide attempt to help raise awareness
“I went home to an empty house that night and that’s when the nightmares began. My heart is racing. I’m panicking and crying.”
‘He looks healthy, except he was born without a right arm.’: Little boy surprised with comfort Teddy bear while being fitted for prosthetic arm
“When my son goes to bed, he always runs for his Teddy bear. He will lay down, then covers his Teddy up so he isn’t cold. He’ll hug and kiss him goodnight.”
‘When my water broke, it was all blood. Something was very, very wrong.’: Woman and son nearly die in ‘traumatic birth’ due to undiagnosed pre-eclampsia and HELLP
“The nurse brought me an oxygen mask. I remember thinking, ‘I’m not going to die, not today!’ and fought off the mask. My mom took my hand, came to my bedside, and said, ‘It’s not for you, it’s for Henry.’ I grabbed the mask and rallied. When everything else in my body was failing me and beginning to shut down, I pushed two times harder and fought to keep him alive.”
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“3. You’re used to looking like the local circus when you go anywhere. You’re also used to all the inevitable stares and comments (no, we didn’t do it three times, people).”
‘Today is a monumental day. A few months ago I wrote about my son’s struggle with addiction. A miracle came from that post.’
“I received a message from a stranger in Missouri who said she could help us if we were interested. Not being one to ask for help, I was really hesitant to respond.”
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“For an extra festive touch, I put the doll right in bed with the kids whenever they throw it in the trash. It’s Day 3 and they want to move!”
‘I was afraid of going to sleep and never waking up, dying alone in my apartment, undiscovered for days. I believed if I could just lose weight, my life would be everything I hoped it could be.’
“I married my girl and became an instant family man with her two young children in tow. I thought all my problems were over and life would be easy and sweet. Boy, was I wrong.”
‘They told me, ‘She’s shy.’ Out of curiosity, I asked them about her face. They told me it was a birthmark, and that she gets picked on about it a lot.’
“After their ride I walked them back over to their grandparent’s car. I said to the little girl, ‘How come you didn’t want to go for a ride?’ She said, ‘Well, the boys always say that stuff is just for boys, not for girls.'”
‘I didn’t make it to the hospital. This is my ‘I just had an unplanned, unassisted home birth after a vaginal birth after Cesarean!’ face.’
“I put my hand down there and felt her head. My husband is going to freak! I grabbed his arm and pulled him down to my level. Sit down, stay with me, hold my hand and talk to me! She was crowning. Within a few pushes, I birthed her head. CRAP, this hurts!”
‘We’ll discuss this later.’: Mom discovers daughter’s nipple piercings during x-ray
“The doctor and I were laughing but my mom was NOT.”
‘One mom wrote me after relapsing, again. She was feeling such shame, afraid I would think differently of her.’
“I have been Mama to 12 over the last 4 years. Our family is twisty and tangled. A story of commitment, choice and tragedy.”
‘I hate he’s not here to carve pumpkins, or yell out ‘Happy Halloween’ and cackle. He was just gone.’: Grieving wife says husband ‘never let us down,’ so now it’s her turn to step up
“He painted her room at her whim. He hung trophy shelves and pretended to be a monster during her sleepovers. He danced to ‘Hannah Montana.’ And then, he was just gone. She started to grow up. She didn’t go fishing anymore. The posters came down. She retired from gymnastics. She changed.”
‘When they first came out, their hair was fluorescent yellow. I’m talking bright NEON yellow. If you could have seen my eyes the moment I met them for the first time!’: Mom births identical twins
“She was laid on my chest immediately. I couldn’t even say anything at first because her hair was shocking for me to look at! My other two girls were born with dark brown hair. This little girl? I mean it was glowing!”
‘I’ve been married 4 times. Yes, you read that right. I met my first husband when I was in 8th grade.’: Woman says divorce helped her become a stronger person, gain respect for herself
“Graduation night arrives and I am 18. Time to run away from home. Oh my gosh, what was I about to do? I left my parents a note on the kitchen table.”
‘Before my father’s sudden death last year, I thought I understood what to expect about grief. But nothing, nothing could have prepared me for how different this unexpected loss would feel.’
“It hit me like a stab to the heart. I was hurt. I felt confused. Why had I not even been asked, when a year ago I would have been?”
‘I woke her up at 2 a.m. and realized she couldn’t move her arm. I asked her to raise her arm, and realized it was paralyzed.’: Mom details daughter’s journey with Acute Flaccid Myelitis
“My 4 children came down with a regular, common cold. They all took the same medications, had the same symptoms. While 3 of my children continued to improve, my youngest daughter became extremely worse.”
‘Nobody thought I had a problem, I was just the life of the party. I was reaching out for help, but doctors didn’t believe me. I was even suicidal on my wedding day.’
“I knew something was terribly wrong. I was in law school about to collapse on the floor of my dorm room when I realized my life would never be the same again. It was like an all-night-long strobe light party in my brain.”
‘My neighbors change these skeletons every day for Halloween. I think I finally need to share them.’: Woman documents neighbors’ amazing Halloween efforts
“I started to snap photos to compare all of them. My neighbors’ names are Bob and Bill. They were so excited.”
‘They said, ‘You’re lucky you don’t have kids.’ I had just had my first miscarriage.’
“I went back to work the next day taking orders at a drive-in while someone was complaining about their kids. I explained to them I had just miscarried, and I WOULD gladly take their place.”
‘Imagine if we stopped beating ourselves up and just saw ourselves as our children see us? As everything.’
“So, when you’re asked, ‘what did you do all day?’ ‘Save the world,’ is an acceptable answer.”
‘In the blink of an eye, they were killed. I am a teenager, time and time again being informed of funerals for people I know.’: Woman recalls loved ones lost, ‘We are all one unexpected tragedy away from heartbreak’
“In the blink of an eye, the word suicide is a part of my vocabulary and my family story.”
‘I couldn’t grasp how we went from a happy new family of 5 to our world being turned upside down! Our sweet, perfect baby girl went into brain surgery at just 9 days old.’
“In her 34 years of work, she had never seen a brain bleed so severe, didn’t know what kind of quality of life she would have, and said she would be in a vegetable state. She had a terrible bedside manner, and came off as harsh and unfeeling to me.”
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“‘Oh honey,’ the doctor replied, ‘You’re just being hormonal. Every woman goes through a part of her labor where she doesn’t think she can do it.’ I was shocked. I wanted some damn answers.”