“I was completely inconsolable, bawling, unable to pull myself together. ‘I just don’t want to ever have to do this!’ She had lived, breathed, and been loved completely.”
‘Are you sitting down?’ I was carrying a little one incompatible with life. I’ve prayed like I’ve never prayed.’: Mom grieves loss of 2 newborns to rare chromosome condition
‘Is my baby okay?’ The doctor said, ‘Ma’am, you mean to tell me no one from your family contacted you yet?’ Everything went silent.’: Mom shares plea after son’s drowning
“His dad took him to his car. I waved bye-bye and said, ‘Mommy loves you so much.’ That was the last time I held, saw, and kissed my one-year old son.”
‘We don’t know what’s going on.’ Fear took over my body. ‘But I barely know him yet!’ No one could pinpoint what it was.’: Woman births baby with genetic mutation, ‘He was the purest soul’
“Our 4-month-old son was having seizures. To say we were scared is an understatement. We followed him in an ambulance. All we had now was hope.”
‘The house is too big for 2 people!’ I had to tell him, and soon. They showed up with nothing but a paper bag.’: Couple adopt 3 siblings, ‘We instantly loved them’
“He was looking to place these 3 children. ‘We think y’all could handle it, and we want to keep them together.’ They were like wild colts and would just run off. We didn’t know how they might react.”
‘Why are you doing this?’ There were 50 shirts. With each one, he told me about the kid who made it by name. Little stories, smiling with belly laughs.’: Dad learns lesson on kindness from late son
“2 months later, Connor passed away suddenly. I think about this memory often. My son taught me what being a man is.”
‘I know it may not feel like it at first, but you were chosen to be a special needs parent for a reason.’: Mom to late son with Down syndrome urges ‘love them a little extra for me’
“Please don’t be scared. On the day you get to meet your beautiful babies, you will have more love than you’ve ever known what to do with.”
‘Is there more than one?’ He said, ‘It’s TRIPLETS!’ The worst was happening. I rode in the ambulance in fear.’: After multiple losses, family welcomes adopted son on ‘Double Rainbow Day’
“It was like a dark cloud was overhead. ‘Should we try one more time? Is it too dangerous?’ I started praying for a sign. And boy did I get one. We took a shaky step. Then another. And another.”
‘Why are there only four people?’ ‘I’m not in the picture, I’m in heaven.’ A part of me knew it was true, even then.’: Mom shares emotional grief journey after 14-year-old son killed in car crash
“He was everyone’s greatest cheerleader, and his teammates and coaches loved him for it. I had an overwhelming feeling to appreciate that exact moment in time. ‘The traffic is actually not too bad.’ That was the last moment I remember.”
‘Don’t compare apples to oranges.’: Woman responds to Cannon Hinnant’s death, ‘This is about right versus wrong’
“Two innocent children died by the reckless use of a firearm, but there was a difference.”
‘I texted my husband at work, ‘LOL, remember all those dreams I’ve been having about triplets?’ He stared at the computer screen for 45 minutes, taking it all in!’: After multiple miscarriages, mom births miracle triplets
“They began the ultrasound. I couldn’t see the screen, but I could see the tech’s face. There was no emotion! She looked at me and asked, ‘Are you here alone?’ I was bracing myself for bad news again. She turned the screen to me and said, ‘Here’s one, two, and three.’ THREE BABIES. I couldn’t believe it. There was a 1% chance.”
