“Their first steps onto the school bus, that very first sleepover. As she backs out of the driveway with her newfound freedom, memories of a toddler in her car seat and seemingly endless pickups fade. ‘Will they make it on their own?’ The ache is fresh and raw.”
‘Will they make it on their own?’ The universal mom ache comes every time we say goodbye.’: Mom says ‘with each goodbye comes a sacred hello’
‘I don’t fit in. They don’t really want me there. I wonder why I wasn’t invited. I walk up to a circle of people and don’t know whether to force my way in or hang on the outside’: Woman’s realization on ‘fitting in’
“Circles are great if you’re on the inside. But circles can be awfully cruel if you’re left on the outskirts. They can be excluding. Exhausting. Cliquish. Childish. They are far, far too common.”
‘His dad said loudly, ‘Oh hush, you were worse. You know? You would scream so loud, run up and down the tables, throw things. Your mother and I stopped going out because of you.’
One of the kids stood up on the chair and said a big ‘hello!’ The guy immediately looked down, and wouldn’t look up. The kid was trying to get his attention and say hi, but the guy looked at his partner and rolled his eye
‘Dear white moms, what I need you to know…’: Mom explains how to discuss race with your children
“You are my friends. You are my sisters. We are the same in more ways than we are different, but there are a few things I need you to know.”
‘Hello’ from the other side: Woman’s deceased sister says ‘hello’ in mysterious radio message
“I got it on video and my hand started shaking. I parked my car and jolted upstairs to show my dad, and after a few plays, he too heard what I heard!”
HELLO WORLD! Baby arrives after 4 DAYS OF LABOR
“I had been ready for the ‘go call’ for four days now… I was exhausted and I wasn’t even the one in labor.”
