Love What Matters

‘There are 3.’ My mind started racing. 3 what?!’ He said, ‘You’re going to have triplets. 3 babies.’: Woman gives birth to ‘non-NICU triplets’ after struggling with infertility, says ‘it was unheard of’

“I sat there in shock. My husband danced around the room, whooping and hollering with his hands in the air like Rocky Balboa. Before I could even share in his excitement, the door closed. He told us the road ahead would not be easy, and I could ‘reduce’ down to 1 or 2. That snapped me back to reality. I told him I absolutely DID need to keep all of them.”

Dear Society: Teen Moms Are Allowed To Celebrate Their Pregnancies

“Young moms are capable of doing great things with their lives with support and encouragement. Don’t write them off before they’ve even had a chance to prove you wrong.”

‘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.”

‘I’ve never heard of that.’ The attending physician didn’t know what it was. I don’t think I slept for more than an hour that night. ‘Will he be OK?’: Mom births rainbow baby with CMTC, ‘He doesn’t let his difference keep him down’

“Before I knew it, at least 20 different people were in the room. Doctors, nurses, and students got to see my newborn baby before I did. My husband slowly told me, ‘Honey, there’s something wrong with his leg.’ I’m sorry, WHAT? His skin was purple and black, marbled down his whole right leg.”

My Child Is Transgender, But She Is Not The One Who Changed — I Am

“Matthew became Madison only months before she started kindergarten.”

‘Sometimes being a mother is enough to unite you. ‘You grew a human?’ ‘Yeah, did you?’ ‘Yeah! Let’s drink wine!’ But sometimes, just because we are moms, it doesn’t mean we HAVE to get along.’

“This is why I feel it is important, when choosing mom friends, there’s certain qualities I look for.”

‘You walked into this hospital on your husband’s arm, with a full womb. You are wheeled out of this hospital with an empty womb, and a piece of your heart missing, stranded on the 3rd floor.’

“The dreaded discharge day comes. You never anticipated how agonizing that would be. Before you leave, you make one last trip to see them.”

‘I came down for breakfast and Bill was busy writing. He told me he was jotting down notes for his memorial service. What? What do you mean ‘memorial service?’ I never made it to the office that day.’

“Just as I was starting to feel some tiny relief from losing my dad, Bill started coughing again. We both knew what the cough was from.”

‘A male administrator told her she needed to consider guys and their hormones, yanked her out of class and threw her into In-School-Suspension.’: Mom angry over sexist school dress code

“I’m sorry but EXCUSE ME?”

‘I told him to STOP right where he was because we were about to have the baby. He was walking to board the plane.’: Wife gives birth while military husband’s in the airport on the way home

“He sat down against the wall right beside the boarding line. People passed by him boarding the plane as he sat there in tears of amazement – his baby girl was making her debut into the world.”

‘I would love to say it was love at first sight, but in all honesty, I never thought he could be our son. I was convinced we had a long wait in front of us.’

“I was devastated. What kind of woman, what kind of wife was I if I couldn’t have a baby? My identity was completely wrapped up in all the wrong ideas.”

‘She deserves to know she has a guardian angel watching over her. Our family was concerned I got pregnant too quickly after such a tragic passing, but she was everything we needed.’

“I couldn’t stop screaming and yelling his name, begging him to wake up. I felt guilt knowing I didn’t breastfeed him. I have panic attacks, a lot, over what should be minor things.”

‘It’s a good thing you’re pretty because you don’t have much else going for you.’ Those words cut deep. I allowed them to affect how I viewed my worth.

“I was diagnosed with Lyme disease after I began college. I found unnatural amounts of hair coming out in my brush. I stood in front of the mirror in tears.”

I leaned in and said, ‘Hi mom.’ She continued to stare, but not at me. I knew this was coming. She’s had dementia for 9 years. I kissed her forehead and said, ‘I love you.’ Still nothing.

“Her caregiver said, ‘Becky’s here.’ My mom looks around me and says, ‘Becky?!’ Then in my moment of joy, I realized she was looking for Becky. I was beside her, and she was looking past me in the hopes of seeing her Becky.”

‘I woke up being wheeled to the ICU in the worst pain imaginable. All I could silently mouth was ‘How’s my baby?’ I needed a doctor to believe me.’

“I was frustrated and angry. I know my body and I know that this isn’t a migraine!”

‘I was late picking them up. Upon dialing her number I realized I was halfway through an intersection of a red light. I let an ‘OH SH*T’ fly.’

“Oh, I had left a message all right.”

After he died, I was obsessed with looking at pictures of him. I thought to myself, ‘I have to get these off my phone.’ I never got the chance.

“By that evening, my phone crashed. I lost everything. Every text, every video, every sad, painful picture. They were gone. He was gone. Everything was gone.”

‘I don’t really know what to say. Would you like tea?’ I’d just found out my boy wasn’t fine, he’d never be fine, and our life was forever changed.’: Mom’s son diagnosed with rare Vanishing White Matter terminal illness

“He wasn’t able to walk or stand. He was dragging one of his legs and crisscrossing them. Friends and family kept trying to reassure me everything would be okay, but I knew it wouldn’t. I could tell by how the doctors tiptoed around us, the way they were spending so much time with us. ‘It’s progressive, untreatable, incurable, and terminal.’ Despite all this, Sam is joy personified. He is the most incredible person I’ve ever met.”

‘MY TWO QUEENS! There are many times in life where you get to watch wonderful things happen. Her dream is to become a superstar – and tonight you helped make her dream come true!’

“Without Delaney doing this Skye probably would not have even been on the ballot.”

‘I may carry the mental load, but YOU carry ME. That’s a realization I came to today.’

“Her kids are always so dirty; does she even bath them? Wow. She’s put on a few pounds. She looks like a mess; do you think she’s okay?”

‘You were told you have cancer. If I timed my letter right – you’re home now, sitting with your daughter at bedtime.’

“You took that picture, holding your baby tight, wondering if these old photos would be the only evidence of you she’d have.”

‘I discovered cocaine in my mom’s purse while we were shopping. She had it hidden in a mint case along with a razor blade and a straw. Then she married her drug dealer.’

“She stayed with him because he was always ‘sorry.’ He ‘never meant to hurt her.'”

‘Throughout my entire pregnancy, I had a ticking time bomb inside of me, and no one knew.’

“We were young and felt invincible to the world. Little did we know the storm we would cross in our path. Then my water broke…”

‘I slept next to my husband harboring the biggest secret I’ve ever kept.’: Wife surprises husband with exciting pregnancy announcement

“My heart was racing. I don’t remember the rest of the words he spoke, I just remember the look on his face. Just like our wedding day. Our little girl will forever know the joy he felt.”