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As Mothers, We Put EVERYONE’S Needs First

“It’s exhausting.”

woman struggling with infertility holds PSA sign and lies in bed

Stop Asking Couples When They’re Having Kids

“You never know what’s going on.”

‘You accepted a child, a stranger, into your family with the intent on them leaving, knowing the struggles you would face.’

“When we decided to bring a broken child into our home I never knew how much transparency it would bring out in me.”

‘I am in my hotel room, all by my lonesome, learning how to deliver my own baby. It’s GAME TIME.’

“I assume this is the placenta ready to drop it like it’s hot.”

‘They thrived at the sacrifice of our identical baby girls.’: Mom’s anguish over losing quints pregnancy, gives birth to triplets

“Still today I struggle with blaming myself for losing those precious baby girls of ours. I try to remind myself that the boys are healthier because of it.”

My Daughter Sleeps 20 Hours A Day Due Thanks To Severe Epilepsy

“She looks like Cinderella, but lives like Sleeping Beauty.”

‘I was next to the woman who took the X-ray. I saw the shock on her face’: How this little boy went from stomach pains to cancer

“I started having this overwhelming feeling that something was wrong.”

‘Her mother abandoned her two little brothers and they had nowhere to go’: Mom’s journey through infertility, foster care and ‘mamahood’

“It’s beautiful, painful, frustrating, and so many other things. Infertility has broken me down and made me a different person.”

Her ‘disability is invisible.’: Mom painstakingly navigates outings with daughter who has severe autism

“People see me feed a 7-year-old with a spoon as I try to block her other hand from grabbing, and keep her from jumping in her seat.”

stranger helps mom with her fussy children while travelling

This Kind Stranger Helped Calm My Children During Our Flight

“We could have been placed next to anyone, but we were seated next to one of the nicest men I have ever met in my life.”

two men sitting at a table in Taco Bell

I Sat Down With A ‘Disheveled And Dirty’ Stranger At Taco Bell

“Why should Mark’s messy life define who he is to me?”

‘Her skin was turning purple’: Mom’s urgent warning of her daughter’s DRY DROWNING scare AFTER she appeared ‘totally fine’

“All the major things going wrong are things you would NEVER notice by looking at her.”

‘I’m never ever ever EVER, doing yoga again.’

“I farted. I farted at yoga. I’m a walking cliche. My pelvic floor has failed me.”

To Those Who Have Lost A Pregnancy: Love Cannot Be Measured In Weeks

“There is no ‘only’ in pregnancy loss.”

‘Cancer cannot cripple love.’: With wedding ‘years down the road,’ teen tries on wedding dresses for sick mother in hospital to ‘share this moment together’

“Mom and I held each other while tears streamed down our cheeks as we talked about how we could never imagine living without one another. We began talking about things we still wanted to do together.”

The 5 Stages Of Crazy When Kids Are Up Late

“Last night, my husband and I made the mistake of leaving the house after dinner.”

‘What is the hardest part of having a child with autism?’ The irony is, it’s not the child with autism. It’s my other child.’

“When Celia was home from school, she noticed the refrigerator door did not have the dog collar around the handles. ‘It’s nice to not have to lock the fridge. Can we leave it like this …just for today?,’ she asked, and I nodded. This one affected me.”

13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do

“Recognizing and replacing the unhealthy thoughts, behaviors, and feelings that may be sabotaging your best efforts is the key to building mental strength.”

‘I used to dream of looking like this’: Teen loses nearly 100 pounds, contacts Air Force to enlist

“After years of being depressed and uncomfortable, I no longer felt like a burden to others. I was genuinely happy.”

Dad in car with crying toddler in backseat

Dear Public, Please Stop Shaming Parents With Crying Toddlers

“What you are witnessing is not bad parenting.”

‘I heard her cries.’: Teacher enraged over shooting drill, ‘I want to teach, I didn’t sign up for this’

“The single mom teacher has to decide if she leaves her kid an orphan, or opens the door for her other kid screaming for help.”

‘He would do anything for you’: Man hailed as HERO for taking a fatal bullet for a woman who was a complete stranger

The small town of Trumann, Arkansas, is calling him their hometown hero.

Semi trucks lined up side by side on highway under bridge

13 Truck Drivers Line Michigan Freeway To Save Man Contemplating Suicide

The Michigan State Police came up with the clever solution to shorten the fall for the man who was threatening suicide.

I found out my whole world was about to get turned upside-down. Just like that.

“Suddenly, I realize I’m loving you to leave.”

Student being bullied by a fellow student on the elementary school

I Befriended My Childhood Bully

“Kids do grow up. People change.”

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My 6-Year-Old’s ‘Growing Pains’ Turned Out To Be Cancerous Leg Tumors

“My mind started to spin. How could a boy be running and playing every day with that big of a tumor?”

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‘If you want to say goodbye, you’d better come now.’ She’d only had a bad cold. She died before she hit the floor.’: Mom dies suddenly of congenital cardiac arrhythmia, leaves behind 3 toddlers

“She was just lying there with medications keeping her heart going and a ventilator breathing for her. All I could do was hold her hand and talk to her, tell her how much I loved her, how much those three babies need her, and beg her to come back to us. “

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‘I ran to the laundry room. Something told me to put my hands in the washing machine. I resisted. No way. Are you kidding me? Of course he is not in the washing machine.’: Infant son dies from drowning in washing machine

“I had a top loading washer and always let Ollie help me throw a few items in – don’t most moms let their kids help? I called his name. No answer. Silence. Nothing. The air began to be very thick. How could this have happened with me only 15 feet away, in the same house?!”

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