“I knew this would happen, but I just wanted to grab her and stick her in a bubble where society can’t tell her what is beautiful and what is ugly. That she isn’t worthy of love or happiness if she doesn’t look a certain way.”
‘I heard a 6-year-old girl come up to Tucker and exclaim, ‘Look at me! I am skin-nay!’ My heart sank instantly.’: Mom urges importance of teaching self love, ‘My girls deserve better, and so do yours’
‘I’d already checked out when I saw someone carrying a box of ornaments. I couldn’t imagine staring at them for 6 weeks, but I knew my daughter would love them.’: Mom reflects on the sacrifices of motherhood
“I ran to the back of the store, hopeful to find an item I didn’t like.”
‘One more time, just one last time,’ he said. And on our final cycle, we successfully had our twin girls.’: After 8 cycles of IVF, triplet loss, couple welcome twin girls with autism, ‘We love without limits’
“After losing our sons, I remember telling Andrew I was done fighting, I just couldn’t endure another round of despair. Pregnancy after loss is scary and it’s hard. I was constantly battling grief and gratitude, the hard days mixed in with hope for the future, juggling the fears and joys all at the same time.”
‘SWAT, OPEN THE DOOR!’ Awakened into a nightmare, my husband was their suspect.’: Woman overcomes parental loss, abusive relationship, ‘I went from prison wife to purposed-filled life’
“Across the ages of 11, 21, and 31, abundant life did not seem possible. I knew after all I had endured in my life this would not break me. I would fight. I would fight for my children and my family.”
‘The fetus has a condition not yet recorded in medical history.’ Only a teen, I was told I couldn’t care for a child with special needs.’: Teen mom says ‘my heart glows’ after birthing medically complex child
“I noticed the ultrasound tech go back to his head and neck to rescan it. I brushed it off as first time mom fears. Then I got the call. ‘You should seriously consider your options here.’ I was now a high risk teen mom, who didn’t have a mom.”
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“I once read caring for a child with specials is equivalent to caring for an infant. But for years.”
‘Scarlett’s 14th birthday came around and no one showed up. A friend told me, ‘I don’t want my daughter to witness a seizure.’: Special needs mom touched by friend’s act of kindness for daughter’s Sweet 16
“This was Cinderella getting to go to the ball and Angela was her Fairy Godmother – she gave my daughter something I couldn’t.”
‘I can wake up and get you there.’ My son immediately started to cry.’: Mom thanks stranger for act of kindness, ‘Our world needs more people like you’
“As my husband boarded the plane, his flight was canceled. He learned Memphis is struggling due to high crime rate. He couldn’t get a taxi at 4:30 a.m. to get to the airport due to workers being fearful of their lives. The thought of possibly missing our son’s game really crushed him.”
‘I don’t want to be in their club.’ I didn’t want the label, the IEPs, the long-term care plans.’: Mom to daughter with special needs shares journey to acceptance, ‘This secret world is full of beauty’
“I’d beat myself up for comparing her to other kids and try to convince myself everything was okay. I’d comfort myself with those familiar phrases. She was just ‘going at her own pace,’ ‘every kid is different,’ she will ‘catch up.'”
‘As soon as my sister and I being pregnant together seemingly aligned, my husband died.’: Remarried widow fulfills dream of being pregnant at the same time as her sister
“While our journey is nothing we would have expected, God blessed us with pregnancies only six weeks apart.”
