“My grace on the dance floor becomes effortless with each day and each new encounter.”
How Having a Child with Special Needs Can Turn You into a Professional Dancer
‘LOOK! PRINCESS!’ After visiting daughter in NICU, emotional mom thanks real-life prom princess in diner for helping family ‘forget all the troubles of the day’
“Thank you for restoring my faith in strangers… thank you for making my kids happy. And thank you to your prince charming for loaning you to us.”
‘I was in a car accident and my eyeliner didn’t budge.’: Woman shares hilarious eyeliner review from the hospital
“A few people have mentioned to me, ‘How does your eyeliner look so good still?’”
My Student Was Put On An Adoption Site, So I Made Him Part Of My Forever Family
“Without thinking, the words literally just came out of my mouth. I remember calling my husband. ‘There is paperwork in the printer I need you to look at when you come home. I want to adopt a little boy from school,’ I told him. ‘Are you sure?’ ‘I am.’ ‘Then what do I have to do to get the house ready?’ We all agreed, we were doing this.”
Having A Child With Autism Will Affect Your Marriage—Here’s How To Keep It Thriving
“Autism will test all the common stressors of marriage: money, time, parenting, lack of sleep, and even lack of self.”
‘My dad just became one of God’s children at the age of 85!’ Heartwarming moments elderly man is BAPTIZED in courtyard of rehab facility
“What did I just read? My dad wants to be baptized at the age of 85?”
‘My husband deserves the crown’: How my cancer diagnosis changed our marriage
“He’s the glue that binds me to hope. He’s the face I see through my tears every single day.”
As Mothers, We Put EVERYONE’S Needs First
“It’s exhausting.”
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.”
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.”
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.”