“I began experiencing crippling panic attacks. I started drinking heavily. I had fallen into a deep depression. I didn’t have any coping skills, and ended up turning to food.”

‘My mother committed suicide the summer before I turned fifteen. The pain was too much to face, so I tried burying it.’

ATTN SOON-TO-BE MAMAS: Mom discovers life changing Target freebie that has the Internet going crazy
“If you have created a baby registry at Target, go to guest services, tell them you would like to pick up your baby bag.”

‘I didn’t have a job or a house. My son was put in foster care. I lost everything because of alcohol.’: Father beats addiction after hitting ‘rock bottom,’ celebrates 3 years of sobriety
“I relapsed and spiraled downhill very fast. I stopped going to my drug and alcohol counselor. I started cancelling visits with my son because I was ‘sick’. I felt so hopeless and unworthy as a parent and human being. Then, my case manager showed up and reminded me I was in it for my son. I literally broke down and cried. I told her to leave, and she refused. ‘I will be with you for anything you need.’ She reassured me I had the potential to do this.”

I Suffered 7 Years Of Infertility, Then I Had Quadruplets
“To think we thought we could never have children – and now we are outnumbered by five, is crazy. Even more miraculous still is that doctors advised us to terminate the pregnancy.”

‘I would have to carry my baby girl until she passed away in the womb. Our world stood still.’
“Our journey has been the absolute hardest we will ever endure. Not one single day goes by where she is not on my mind.”

‘Instead of filling up my own car, I decided to do something nice and fill theirs up first. But when I went to put gas into my tank, there wasn’t anything left.’
“No gas. Not a drop. And so I sat there, with my kids crying in the backseat, on the cold pavement: sad, guilty, annoyed, and alone. I had no way to get us home.”

‘I’m going to see my friend, Harold.’ A stranger. I look back, and I see our garbage man on his knees next to my father.’: Garbage man comforts old man with Alzheimer’s
“My father saw me crying the night before. I’m typically a very upbeat person but I was having a ‘feel sorry for myself’ moment. As I sat on the porch, I heard the garbage truck in the distance, and my father walking down the driveway. ‘I would like a moment with Harold so we can pray for you.’ Our garbage man, a stranger, was on his knees praying with my father for me as I was ugly crying. This disease can never stop my father’s love.”

‘Your child’s teacher will spend way more than this, of their own money, on their students, in just one quarter of the year.’
“Today I went school supply shopping for my daughters. I spent $150 on the supplies. My frugal mind balked as the cart began filling up.”

Dear Parents Battling Gender Disappointment: Don’t Let Your Feelings Cause Guilt
“No matter what happens, the day you‘re holding a healthy baby in your arms is the day nothing in the world could matter less than whether the balloons were pink or blue.”

‘I couldn’t do it anymore. I didn’t want to die. My son needed me.’ Single mom ‘didn’t choose to be an alcoholic’
“One glass of wine after work turned into three. Then turned into taking shots of vodka before work, going to get vodka on my lunch break, and driving home at night to have more alcohol.”

‘Hey, I know you and Ash have been wanting to foster. Talk with your wife and let me know what’s up.’: Family adopts 6 children after struggling with infertility
“I called my brother and he explained to me: ‘Man, you know what? I just found out the 3 are actually part of a family of 6… now I know this seems like a bit of a jump, but I know if anyone can do it, you and your wife can.”

‘He lives in Heaven, so he has special powers that tell him where to set the pennies so we will see them!’
“At my father’s funeral, a friend came up to me with a penny in her hand. She said, ‘This was sitting at my feet during the service, I think it’s supposed to be yours. It looks like your dad is trying to say hi.’ It was one of the first ‘signs’ my dad sent me.”

‘I was on drugs, depressed, and close to a divorce. I had gone a month without bathing or brushing my hair’: Pill addicted mom overcomes personal demons to care for autistic son
“I started taking up to 30 Lortabs a day. Yes, 30. I was hooked on pills, and I was going to the methadone clinic every day. I hated it. I was a slave.”

‘For 250 days, we held you in our hearts. Today, we hold you in our arms.’: Fort Hood soldier’s reunion with family will move you to tears
“The day before Bryan was supposed to come home, we received the devastating news that he wouldn’t be home the next day and that we had to wait 5 more days, which won’t seem like a lot to some people, but those days felt like years.”

‘As we entered our street, the driver said, ‘Which house is it? Oh…never mind, you’ve got quite a crowd waiting.’: Parents overwhelmed by homecoming surprise after newborn daughter spends 195 days in the hospital
“I looked out the ambulance window and started bawling as I saw the crowd so excitedly yelling for Ellie. I couldn’t help but think about heaven, and how I could taste a small glimpse of what it will be like.”

I Don’t Want To Raise Church Kids
“Matter of fact, it’s one of my biggest fears.”

I’m Okay Being The Lady With A Dead Baby
“I will always be the lady whose baby died. I am okay talking about that. Are you?”

I Got Asked My Due Date When I Wasn’t Pregnant, And I’m OK With That
“It happened. I got asked the three words every woman dreads when she is not pregnant.”

After Trying To Conceive For 18 Years, My Co-Workers Adopted My Baby
“I went to work after hearing the baby’s heartbeat and told my coworkers. I then took one coworker (male) aside and asked him if he and his wife were looking to adopt. I knew they had been trying to have kids for 18 years.”

I Have A Little Girl Who Is Not Mine (Inside My Life As A Surrogate)
“YES – it’s a little heart wrenching thinking ‘is that what my little girl would look like if I had a girl?!’”

My Blended Family: I Live With My Husband, My Ex-Husband And His Girlfriend, And Our 6 Children
“We threw our parenting plan out the window.”

‘Every time I looked in the mirror I saw the girl with Endometriosis. The girl whose brother died. The girl who had given up. I was done being that girl. I wanted to feel beautiful again. ‘
“I grieved the loss of my baby I will never feel growing inside me. I was angry at God for taking my brother so soon. I was done being that girl. I wanted to feel beautiful again.”

Bride-To-Be’s Magical Engagement Announcement At Disneyland
“Later on, that day we went on Space Mountain. I know where all the cameras are in all the rides and I always do something funny. I didn’t think this picture would go viral!”

Our 13-Year-Old Handles Our Household Grocery Budget Each Month
“I was shocked at how many messages I got telling me she was too young to have so much responsibility. I was labeled as a lazy mom.”

‘I have searched for my fiance’s dad’s grave for 5 years. With absolutely no help from his biological family, we finally found it right when we were about to give up.’
“We searched the cemetery without any luck, even though we had the location of the grave, when an angel showed up, or at least that’s what I consider him.”