Love What Matters

‘These are my people. Willing to cry as we mop up pee, to get blood on the seats, to weave into our heart knowing it will unravel that heart when it goes.’

“These are the people who are brave enough to LOVE.”

‘This little guy could use some good. We could do that for him.’: Couple adopts 2-month-old suffering from meth withdrawals

“When our agency called, they asked us, ‘There is a 2-month-old baby suffering from meth withdrawals and has a broken femur. Would you be willing to take him?’ I didn’t think there was any way he could’ve been in worse condition. To top it off, Katie and I were convinced we were going to take in older children. Now we had a call for an infant, but not just any infant, a very sick infant.”

‘My son was gone, but that blue ink stain? It was still there.’: Mom shares heartbreaking reminder of what matters

“All of a sudden, I heard one of the boys say, ‘Uh, Oh. I gasped as I saw blue splatters across the floor and a thick pool of ink sinking into our carpet – our brand new carpet. Two years later, he passed away.”

‘I lost my second son last week.’: What one father wants you to know about mental illness

“If a child is born with a hole in her heart, everyone in our society would respond the same way.”

‘Don’t let him board the flight, she’s here!’: Entire airport cheers soldier facetiming birth of girl

“My mother in law secretly FaceTimed Brooks and shoved the phone in the front of her shirt.”

This Is What ‘Self-Care’ REALLY Means, Because It’s Not All Salt Baths And Chocolate Cake

It is letting yourself be normal. Regular. Unexceptional. It is sometimes having a dirty kitchen and deciding your ultimate goal in life isn’t going to be having abs and keeping up with your fake friends.

‘I FINALLY get a daddy!’: Step-dad proposes to girlfriend and daughter in beautiful moment

“He said, ‘Adrianna can I be your daddy, to promise to love and protect you for the rest of your life?'”

My 12-Year-Old Helped Deliver Her Sibling, And It Was Magical

“It’s not every day your eldest child at 12 years old gets to deliver your last child.”

There Is Always Hope For Addiction Recovery (Take It From Me)

“I have NEVER shared these photos before. I’m not sure I ever intended to.”

‘I shouldn’t have met him in a public space. I thought he was safe. He ‘knew me well enough’ to engage in a physical relationship.’: Woman shares incredible weight loss journey after ‘tumultuous’ breakup, sexual assault

“In high school, I was healthy. Then suddenly at 16 my world turned upside down. I began dating my high school boyfriend. The beginning was like a whirlwind. I felt so in love, I was positive I’d spend the rest of my life with him. I’d like to say everything was his fault, but we were both to blame. I was suffocating but couldn’t imagine living a life without him.”

‘I replaced self hate, with pure love’: Woman covers self-inflicted scars with ‘mama bear’ tattoo for her autistic son

“I could not stand the thought of my son asking what happened. I am now able to feel that I am worthy, I am loved, and that my purpose is to care for those I love.”

3 Things That Helped My Postpartum Anxiety

“Hearing the words depression and anxiety can be very overwhelming.”

‘The spring weather has awakened mom’: Daughter learns to cherish delightful morning with dementia-suffering mom

“I realize what a gift this moment is. The gift of time, time with my mom. I soon realize this is one of the most beautiful mornings I can remember.”

Emotional moment widow had to pause to ask herself, ‘Am I married to a cop?’

“I didn’t fall into the category of being married, and I didn’t fall in the category of being divorced, but by God, I was going to honor him. And, I was going to remember him.”

‘Would I ever feel un-wrecked?’ Daughter’s realization about her ‘know-it-all’ younger self after dad’s death

“Losing a parent young was like being pummeled by a tidal wave. I didn’t know who I was becoming and often wished I could just take. it. all. back.”

Emotional Moment Bride Hears Late Son’s Heart

“Becky’s groom surprised her by flying Jacob up to Alaska to stand in as a groomsman, carrying Triston’s heart.”

‘I’m shaking. There is something I need to tell you,’ she stammered.’: Woman donates kidney to save friend’s husband

“‘Neil needs a kidney.’ I felt my heart drop into my feet as I replayed the last few months. Walking through our children’s school, she made the comment that she was so stressed it made her head itch. ‘What could possibly make you that stressed?’ I asked. I cringed as I remembered the last joking message I had left her.”

I Was His FOURTH Mommy

“He could tell you our job was to keep him safe and his job was to stay near us when out.”

Teen Surprises Fellow Student In Need With Brand-New Shoes

“He sobbed uncontrollably.”

‘I did not feel like getting glammed up in a field of wildflowers while sweating in the heat’: Mom’s hilarious ice cream binge-eating maternity shoot

“This is not my first rodeo, and let’s be honest — I don’t have the time or the energy anymore to get dolled up to go sit in field and swat mosquitoes while gazing peacefully at my belly.”