“This was one of the most nerve wrecking moments in my life. He kept slowly telling me to ‘breathe.’ I knew this was actually a reminder for himself.”
‘I had never seen my dad cry before. He had already seen my dress, that wasn’t it. It is almost unexplainable.’
‘Mom, do you think if you and dad would have had the first 2 babies, you would still have us?’ Tears stung the back of my eyes. This question feels heavy to me.’
“My children don’t even know we lost a third baby, our sixth pregnancy, last year in August. As I say these words to them, for the first time in over a year, I feel something new in my heart: peace.”
‘I asked the store manager who turned it in, they said it was Anthony.’: Woman thanks teen Piggly Wiggly employee for act of kindness
“His mom cried tears of joy.”
‘Today is not about what you’ve been through in the past and it’s not about what you may go through in the future. Today is only about today, Finn.’
“I turned to Michael and we were both sobbing, and for some reason, it occurred to me for a second that it seemed really quiet for Disney World. As we turned our heads to the massive line behind us, the entire mass was smiling and wiping tears.”
‘Doctors said my surgery would be smooth, and all would go well. To my surprise, I woke up in the ICU with tubes coming out of me, double vision, and not able to walk.’: Man describes his ‘life after brain tumor’
“In an instant, my whole world came crashing down. I knew I needed to call my mom. I had no idea how to break the news to her though. That’s a parent’s worst nightmare.”
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“Together we can make the world better for all of our children.”
‘My partner of 4 years left with no explanation. I was blindsided with an earth-shattering, life-changing conversation.’: Woman thanks her dog for supporting her through a breakup, mental health battle
“He came into the bedroom to wake me up, just as he had done every day of our relationship. Only today was different. My entire life had been flipped upside down in an instant, and no matter how hard I tried to get it back, it was gone.”
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‘Before the doctor came in he started telling us about drinking prune juice. He started laughing as he tells us he drank 3 glasses of it, and it worked. We started laughing – loudly.’
“I realized it was a sound we hadn’t heard for a very long time. For a moment, our world was normal.”
‘You are not their only parent. You co-parent with addicts, who have harmed, forgotten and neglected these kiddos. I have had children years before learning their middle names.’
“You have unannounced visits where they look in your cupboards and question your mountain of laundry. They are quick to judge the dishes in your sink and the fact you forgot to lock up the medicine. I’m under scrutiny.”
‘The control, manipulation and deceit were hard to recognize, but when it became clear, it was devastating. She said to me, ‘Nobody will ever believe you.”
“I was angry. I really believed she was doing everything she was because she cared about me.”
‘Every mom can relate to getting rid of toys behind their kids’ backs. Then one night your daughter walks up and asks, ‘Hey mom, where’s my pink baby walrus?’ Your heart stops.’
“Ummmm… busted. Crap. Uhh divert, divert, divert.”
‘We went in for the ultrasound to find out the genders of our identical twins after having 2 girls already. The tech asked us what our guesses were. You said, ‘2 more girls.’ I sat there in shock.’
“I knew it would be a boy, as that is all I planned for in life.”
‘Last week, a boy at school punched my daughter in the face. HARD.’: 5-year-old daughter ‘afraid’ to tell on boy out of fear of not being ‘nice’
“She came into the world weighing 4lbs. 5 years later, she is still extremely petite. I need anyone reading this to react with the appropriate amount of horror when absorbing the following sentence…”
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“When I stop to take a photo of my children, so stops the incessant to-do list running through my head.”
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“The fear of losing one of my children at a park, or the zoo, or even the grocery store, has paralyzed me. The fear of someone taking one of them is so overwhelming, it is often easier and safer to just stay at home.”
‘I was afraid to be alone with him. My phone records were being watched meticulously. I wasn’t allowed to work past a certain time. I felt like I brought this on because I couldn’t give him a child.’ Woman survives abuse, marries again and finds happiness
“The final straw came on my birthday. My best friend told me my husband had tried to sleep with her while he was drunk. I was in a daze for months.”
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“It was one of the most touching things I’ve seen in all my years working in retail.”
‘It was my child’s birthday. I heard a crackling noise. I was drowning in my own fluid. Literally. ‘I feel like I’m dying!’ As I raised my legs, I couldn’t even tell where my knee was. I. WAS. SWOLLEN.’: Woman survives HELLP and preeclampsia
“I can distinctly recall that morning. I was tongue-tied and feeling worse by the minute. At the hospital, my mother-in-law told my husband, ‘You get back there NOW and get some answers or you are going to have a dead wife.’ She was right.”
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“Do you know what is said when a woman dies from breast cancer? That she ‘lost’ a battle. No, she didn’t. She lost everything, but not a battle. This is NOT in our hands. We don’t lose because we aren’t strong enough, we die because there is no cure.”
‘Right away I knew something was wrong. When the officer told us that he’s so sorry, but Mark died in a car accident, I completely lost it.’
“I know without a doubt my baby brother Mark put us together to save my life.”
‘We planned a weekend getaway. Instead, I took him to the ER to learn his cancer battle was coming to an end’: Pizza shop delivers dying man’s favorite slice 225 miles away
“Without hesitation Dalton asked what kind of pizza we wanted and told my father he would bring it to us. My dad clarified we were in Indianapolis, at least 3.5 hours away. Dalton said he understood, and would leave after he closed the store.”
‘A pregnant friend of mine asked me, ‘How is it possible that moms get depression? Isn’t motherhood joyous?’ I spat my wine out in her face.’
“Remember you said in pregnancy, ‘Oh my mother will watch the baby while I rest/recover/get my nails done?’ – only to realize your baby doesn’t want to be anywhere but ON YOU and no one, NO ONE, can look after this baby properly except you?”
‘I had a miscarriage at age 18. Someone told me, ‘It must be because you’re not married.’’
“I started dating my husband at 13 years old. We got married at 19. I had my 1st miscarriage at 20 years old. I didn’t tell anyone. I went back to work the next day, taking orders at a drive-in, while someone was complaining about their kids.”
‘If you joined the gym for the childcare. If crumbs fall out of your bra when you take it off. If the last thing you read all the way through was reviews on a new sippy cup.’
“If you’ve ever dropped your kids off at Sunday School and thought, ‘I wonder if they’d know if we went and got brunch instead.'”