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‘Dear woman in Target, I’ve heard it before. That I ‘spoil that baby.’ That she’ll never learn to be ‘independent.’ If only you knew.’: Mom urges ‘spoiling her is the most important job I’ll ever have’ after taking in abused orphan
“If only you knew she spent the first 10 months of her life utterly alone inside a sterile metal crib, with nothing to comfort her. If only you knew how we will spend years trying to override the part of her brain that screams ‘trauma’ and ‘not safe.’ If you only knew this baby now whimpers when she’s put down instead of when she is picked up.”
‘So, we just take him home and that’s it, you just trust us with him?’ The nurse laughed. ‘Yep! He’s all yours.’: Mom delivers pandemic rainbow baby after 3 angel babies
“Part of me was joking, but the other part was serious. I hadn’t been able to protect my three babies before him. How was I going to protect this perfect human in the middle of a pandemic? I was terrified.”
‘Wanted: ‘That’ mom friend. My lonely hands are out-stretched, just waiting for you to take them.’: Mom urges ‘I hope we can soon stop the looking, together’
“The one who I can call at any hour of the night, because both our families are wide awake anyhow. That friend who sends memes of familiar frustrations, and follows up with ‘We got this,’ and ‘I’m always here.’ The friend who overcasts the heavy, uneducated opinions of others with her kindness.”
My Daughter Died Of Toxic Shock Syndrome — Here Is What You Need To Know
“If you use tampons then you run the risk of contracting it.”
‘She was the youngest in the oncology suite and people were staring at her pregnant belly. This was not a situation people were used to seeing.’: Breast cancer warrior delivers miracle baby girl
“‘You can take my hair, you can take my boobs, I just want to live.’ From the day of diagnosis, it was always clear. Alex was going to do everything and anything to not only fight for her own life, but to fight for TWO.”
‘Today I went looking for the photo of your casket. In the middle of this storm, I found it. Proof you were loved.’: Mom urges ‘hug your babies’ after outliving daughter
“I downloaded the photos of the day you were put to rest and promptly hid them in a folder on my laptop. I wasn’t ready. Today I went looking. I needed to see the reminders of your impact.”
This Having To Carry The Load Of Their Blackness, It Weighs Them Down
“We place huge backpacks on their backs, and we slowly fill them with bricks.”
‘The first thing the doctor said was, ‘I see we’re having some anxiety lately?’ I was in denial.’: Mom battling postpartum depression says ‘it’s NOTHING to be ashamed of’
“I’d stay in the same clothes for days and shower once a week. My hair was never brushed. ‘I’ll never let it get this bad again.’ I was disgusted with myself.”
5 Things Everyone Needs To Know About Mental Illness
“Mental health disorders do not have a ‘look.'”
‘Their birth story was both beautiful and a parent’s worst nightmare.’: Woman loses baby to Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome, surviving son diagnosed with autism
“I felt something in my new mama heart I couldn’t explain. It didn’t take long for me to start seeing the writing on the wall. But Jack was still our beautiful, kind, intelligent little boy he’d always been.”
