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‘They told me I was bossy, stupid, and difficult. I always felt lost and misunderstood.’: Woman diagnosed with Autism discovers new meaning to life
“I tortured myself with the fear of not getting any answers. After all the years of feeling lost, feeling different, feeling like an outsider, I felt liberated.”
‘What do you see in this photo? A family enjoying their holiday traditions? A mother’s joy for her baby’s and toddler’s first magical Christmas? A happy family?’: Mom shares battle with postpartum depression
“I bet what you don’t see is a mom who’s quietly dealing with her own inner battle. I bet you can’t see how even though she is truly joyful in this moment on the outside, inside she feels like she can’t quite seem to come up for air.”
‘That angel. She is our hero.’: Woman’s ‘gut instinct’ leads to kidnapped 3-year-old’s safe return
“She will forever be a part of our lives.”
Childbirth Is No Joke And Paid Leave Is Not A Vacation
“We are sending women bleeding, swollen, in stitches, in agony, back to offices across this country. We are sending infants to exorbitantly expensive, overworked, understaffed childcare centers.”
5 Things You Should Never Say To A Special Needs Parent (And What To Say Instead)
“‘You are an amazing parent, I can’t imagine how you do it.’ Ah, an all-time classic.”
‘Humor, sometimes dark, sustained us. As Kristy often says, ‘Laugh or cry. Right?’: Dad details navigating daughter’s Pfieffer Syndrome, other medical diagnoses, ‘No condition defines her’
“We had learned to function on ingenuity and instincts, but we always found a way. Life became stable, imperfect, and ours.”
‘Isn’t this picture sweet? We lit our candles, opened presents and had fun together. But it wasn’t so simple.’: Mom of 3 says ‘holidays can be special, but they can also be A LOT’
“This time of the year, we’ll see smiling, shining faces on Instagram, holiday cards, maybe at parties, or in pictures sent between phones. But what you don’t see is it took us two tries (1.5 hours apart) to finally light candles together because of a tantrum.”
Please Don’t Judge Grieving Moms For Sharing Hospital Photos — Sometimes It’s All We Have
“For 5 of the 6 days of my son’s life, he was hooked up to hospital machines. It can be hard to look at, but if you look past the tubes and tape, you’ll see my beautiful baby boy.”
4 Strategies To Overcome Imposter Syndrome
“I compared myself to everyone. I assumed everyone was more intelligent than me. No matter how many credentials or physical proofs said I was ‘good enough,’ I still felt I was unqualified.”
‘You are different and always will be.’ I carried that fear with me into adulthood.’: Woman openly shares journey with Cystic Fibrosis, kidney transplant, and diabetes
“’I think I’ve heard of that.’ He had tons of questions. On our wedding day, I had a huge lung bleed that lasted two hours. Nothing like this had ever happened before.”
