“I had to beg my toddler to.”
‘Ewww, I don’t wanna see that.’ I’m 29 weeks. No one will take my photo. My husband rolled his eyes and avoided me.’: Mom encourages others to ‘celebrate’ their body in all it’s ‘beautiful glory’
‘It’s the mom who won’t look at you because she’s afraid she will say something stupid. It’s the girl who sends 50 text messages in 1 hour because her thoughts tell her you don’t like her.’
“The photo on the right was a week after I got out of psych ward that I posted to social media with a hashtag #happy.”
‘My son starts to scream. This angel comes to the back and says, ‘You look like you need a break,’ and holds him for the rest of the flight.’
“We were standing in the security line, on the verge of tears. When I said thank you to both of them, they said, ‘Don’t you worry, we’re going to make sure you get on that flight.’”
‘A 4-pound bundle of goodness was placed in my arms. By a stranger. In the middle of my street. Just before 10 p.m.’
“As the effects of cocaine crippled his central nervous system, we fought. We walked and bounced and rocked, and walked more. And here’s the thing… he will never remember me.”
‘We forget what it is to go into labor. To be wracked with pain so excruciating we can’t fathom ever withstanding it. A mama is meant to forget.’
“We are mamas, and we are meant to forget.”
‘He woke with a small cough. Within hours, he had trouble breathing. A few hours after that, he took his last breath.’: Woman’s husband who ‘never got sick’ passes suddenly from Bone Marrow Failure months before birth of son
“My husband, Jonas, began to look pale. We both chalked it up to jet lag and went on with the week. We had two small children and I was 14 weeks pregnant with our third, so being tired wasn’t out of the norm. Later that week, even picking up the kids’ toys would make him dizzy. Another week went by, all the while he continued to ride his bicycle over 20 miles a day. He came home that night after riding and had almost passed out while riding. ‘Enough is enough.’ I figured it couldn’t hurt to go to the doctor.”
‘It’s hard not to look at the last 4 years and feel like I’ve failed’: Why this teacher is ‘JUMPING SHIP’ from the education profession
“Dear Ms. Befort, English with you is like a roller coaster. Sometimes I want to be eaten alive by lions. But nothing’s perfect, right?”
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The 5 Stages of Crazy When Kids Are Up Late
“Last night, my husband and I made the mistake of leaving the house after dinner.”
