“‘Um, wait. What?’ We learned we’d been wildly misinformed about where Taylor was. She never went back to her mom like we were told. Instead, she went to 3 MORE foster homes, including one that lost their license for abusing children. Our frustration and anger with the system ran deep. We were here, ready, available and waiting for her. We didn’t understand how this could possibly happen.”
‘We’re having a baby!’ My daughter ran the positive pregnancy test to her dad with the biggest smile.’: Mom adopts child from foster care in wake of infertility, gets pregnancy with her little brother
‘Won’t she be sad?,’ our son asked.’: Family realizes ‘adoption is beautiful’ after birth mom’s heartfelt goodbye
“We reminded her in this moment that it was not goodbye, but a see you soon and then the hardest thing happened. We watched as she gave our son one more hug and a kiss and then left the room.”
”I wouldn’t want to eat with a blanket on my head! How would I be able to breathe?!’ EXACTLY honey. If an 8 year old can understand that, so can an adult.’
“Seriously people. It’s 2018. We shouldn’t even have to do ‘nurse-ins’ or fight for our right to feed our babies in public. It is absurd to me that people still don’t ‘get it.'”
‘The moment my sister finally held her rainbow baby after suffering the tragic back to back losses of two stillborn sons.’
“She was beyond devastated when she was told she could never carry again. That’s when my wife said she would carry a baby for her.”
‘When she finished she said ‘I’m glad I look pregnant now and not just fat.”
“She was going through the photos from park. It’s the fourth pregnancy now and it’s been the same thing every time now. She compares herself to the 19 year old her. I think she still believes it’s the best version of herself.”
‘I didn’t have a job or a house. My son was put in foster care. I lost everything because of alcohol.’: Father beats addiction after hitting ‘rock bottom,’ celebrates 3 years of sobriety
“I relapsed and spiraled downhill very fast. I stopped going to my drug and alcohol counselor. I started cancelling visits with my son because I was ‘sick’. I felt so hopeless and unworthy as a parent and human being. Then, my case manager showed up and reminded me I was in it for my son. I literally broke down and cried. I told her to leave, and she refused. ‘I will be with you for anything you need.’ She reassured me I had the potential to do this.”
‘Every time I looked in the mirror I saw the girl with Endometriosis. The girl whose brother died. The girl who had given up. I was done being that girl. I wanted to feel beautiful again. ‘
“I grieved the loss of my baby I will never feel growing inside me. I was angry at God for taking my brother so soon. I was done being that girl. I wanted to feel beautiful again.”
Corgi ‘DOGGY DOULA’ sticks by mom’s side during her entire home water birth
“He would give her reassuring kisses to let her know she could do this. It was a beautiful thing to watch – the bond between mom and baby, and man’s best friend.”
‘Life with four children with albinism has been quite the adventure.’: Family adopts 4 albino children whose ‘unique, rare’ condition makes ‘our hearts full’
“We stick out in a crowd and draw attention anywhere we go. There are occasions when the pointing, stares, and whispered comments are invasive and annoying. People reach out and touch our children’s hair without asking. We’ve even had to step in and stop strangers from taking selfies with our kids!”
‘For Every One Thing I Imagined Motherhood To Be, There Are Ten Things I Never Saw Coming.’
“There are moments that are so beautiful they take your breath away, and moments that are so difficult that they do the very same thing.”
