“I am not the person I used to be.”
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‘When numbers and letters claim a child has fallen behind, here’s the thing. There is no behind. Behind is a flat-out lie.’: Mom urges ‘our kids are so much more than how the world measures them’
“Our kids are so much more than how the world measures them. We cannot measure their hearts and their souls…but oh, if we could, the beauty found there would bring us to our actual knees.”
‘My son came to me very upset and said, ‘I do not have a single friend.’: Special needs mom details unseen struggles of parenting a child with autism
“He can’t meet friends at school because he doesn’t go to school. Because traditional school failed him. So, I posted a Wanted: Friends ad on a local mommy group.”
‘Every single day is a back and forth of finding the joy and grieving the life you thought your child would have.’: Woman pens letter for ‘the struggling autism mama’
“You will fight, and you will fail, but you will learn a love that can only be felt and not explained. You will find a strength and grit you never knew was in you.”
‘Every day I see women posting negative statuses like, ‘Stop using Snapchat filters, stop using the smooth tool, stop taking gym selfies…we get it.’: Woman urges ‘let her do it’
“If it makes her feel pretty, if it makes her feel good about herself even for a split second… let her do it.”
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“It’s okay to take the path less traveled.”
‘There are parents who gave DNA and life, and then there are Moms and Dads. Literal angels on Earth.’: Woman urges ‘don’t forget just how incredibly lucky you are’
“I’m 33 and I go to my mom’s house every day. There isn’t a single part of my life that is not touched by my mom’s presence in some way. And I didn’t realize how much I take it for granted.”
‘I said goodbye to my kids at drop off, with a plan in place to be executed that afternoon.’: Mom of two celebrates 2 years sobriety, finds love
“To the outside, I was this happy-go-lucky, life of the party with no worries. I’d wake up with an empty bottle of wine next to my bed and no recollection of drinking it because I took an Ambien. I’d go to bed every night, begging to not wake up the next morning.”
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“I never in a million years thought I’d be divorced, but I’m not ashamed.”
‘This is what you DESERVE.’ Even my previous therapists made snide comments.’: Woman in recovery for eating disorder says ‘recovery is BEAUTIFUL’
“’You don’t deserve this pain. Not only that, you don’t deserve anything which has been done to you to cause this pain.’ I believed her.”
