Love What Matters

The Letter Your Teenager Wishes He Could Write You

“This fight we are in right now. I need it. I need this fight. I can’t tell you this because I don’t have the language for it and it wouldn’t make sense anyway. But I need this fight. Badly.”

‘Mom, I want to give you a taste of how much love I have for you’

“Last night, as I was cleaning up our kitchen after dinner, I noticed my youngest daughter rooting around in the pantry.”

‘Raise good men. Raise strong women. Please. The world needs them, now more than ever’

“Rise above it and be an example.”

‘I did not feel like it was my decision to decide whether or not Brayden had the strength to live. Brayden would decide that.’

“Whether it be a high risk pregnancy, a child fighting in the hospital, cancer, genetic disorders, depression, anxiety, etc. there is HOPE.”

I’m A Great Mom—I Just Yell A Little

“Just know I probably have a good reason.”

Love Is The Most Exhausting, Incredible Way To Live Life & Other Lessons I Learned From My Parents

“Now, watching my dad care for my mom, I realize love is the most powerful, the most exhausting, the most incredible way to live your life — from beginning to end.”

Dear Future Husband, I’m Not Giving Up On Us (From Your Chronically Ill Wife)

“Marrying a sick girl is no easy task, and it’s going to take hard work and effort on both of our parts.”

‘His life isn’t going to be what you planned’: Mom receives long-term diagnosis after meningitis

“He had meningitis. He started having seizures.”

What Military Deployment Feels Like For The Family Left Behind

“No matter how many times we’ve been down this road, it doesn’t get easier.”

‘I am 1 in 4’: Nine years after miscarriage, mom takes heart wrenching self-portrait releasing emotions

“If I didn’t give my loss a face in that moment, I never would.”

ALL THAT GLITTERS: Mom honors lost child with ‘the sparkle she left behind’ in dazzling rainbow baby photos

“We were going to honor Victoria with the sparkle that she left behind with all of us.”

I Wasn’t Ready For The Mental Load Of Motherhood

“Did you ever guess you’d grow so tired your heart would physically ache? I didn’t.”

‘She couldn’t get out of her bed for 6 months.’: Salon employee’s incredible act of kindness for woman battling depression

“I changed someone’s life today and I’ll never ever forget it.”

‘She was my everything’: Bride rushes wedding so cancer-stricken mom can attend, to no avail

“That was not enough time. I wasn’t ready to lose my mother.”

Dear future husband, from your chronically ill wife: ‘Please don’t abandon me when I need you most’

“Wherever you are, and whoever you are, if you’re thinking of me, I bet you’ve never considered marrying a ‘sick girl.'”

‘His skin is as fragile as the wings of a butterfly’: Mom’s heartbreaking account of son’s rare skin condition

“He gives us a reason to love and believe in hope.”

Dear Infertility—You Are Part Of My Story, But You Don’t Define Me

“It is because of you that I have a greater understanding of what hope really is.”

‘I called 47 homes today. Can you take her in?’: Teen’s gut wrenching plea to stay with foster parents who feel like ‘mom and dad’

“I’m sorry for being bad. I want you to keep me and my son.”

‘Our baby had a head full of hair — WHITE AS SNOW.’: Mom’s shocked reaction to albino newborn

“My daughter told me her sister was a snow fairy, and informed me she was related to Elsa. I should have known children see no differences.”

‘I had to succeed for them and for myself’: Single mom of five overcomes hardships to graduate law school

“I was once told the odds were against me. I responded by not just defying the odds, but destroying them.”

When You Feel Like You’re Failing At Everything

“I feel like I am not enough in any role in my life. That when I give more to one area, I fall hopelessly flat in another.”

‘It was a glorious, sunny day at the pool. I scratched and felt the lumps.’: Mom with terminal breast cancer afraid to miss the ‘little moments’ with daughter: ‘Light-up shoes, ice skates, bra straps’

“It has been 10 months since a dear doctor friend told me I had stage 4 breast cancer. I sat outside on the phone, begging her to tell me my daughter would remember me.”