“He crossed the road, climbed the bus steps, and I watched this time as his face appeared in the window. I waited for him to see me, to smile or wave or even to cry, but he never even looked at me. Instead, he looked at his wrist.”
‘I watched him cry through the bus window. The next morning I pulled a pen from my coat pocket, grabbed his wrist, and drew this heart.’
‘Levi has been begging to wear a dress to school. You can see the pure joy on his face and how beautiful he feels. My heart raced as we took him to school.’
“As I left, I couldn’t help but pray and hope he would have a perfect day. Until I got a phone call.”
‘I accidentally wet my pants. Girls at school kept blocking me from the bathroom, saying I would break the mirrors with my ‘ugly dog face.’’
“When I found the note, my heart stopped fluttering and started pounding. My eyes welled up with tears as I read what the note said. ‘Who would want to go with trash like you?’”
‘One more punch to my son’s head could have killed him. He was physically assaulted in gym class, attacked from behind, punched so hard he was knocked out, his nose broken in 5 places.’
“I feel as if I failed him as a parent, I didn’t protect him from this environment. But the scariest part was the fear in his eyes.”
‘Last week, a boy at school punched my daughter in the face. HARD. And yes, I have pictures.’
“She came into the world weighing 4lbs. 5 years later, she is still extremely petite. I need anyone reading this to react with the appropriate amount of horror when absorbing the following sentence…”
‘Tell me this is how an 11-year-old girl should feel coming home from school. Bullying is not acceptable!’ Dad’s plea shows daughter’s panic attack after Snapchat bullying from girls at school
“I have asked for her to be moved to a different class, yet they have no sign of showing any concerns – like it’s us parents being overly protective!”
‘My wife recently went out of town for a couple of days for work and left me to run this household all by myself. What was I supposed to do again today? Referred back to the list left by my wife.’
“Kitchen is a disaster, house is a mess. It’s all good. I usually get this all cleaned up about an hour before my wife gets back from her trips.”
‘I remember hearing my name. I was caught off guard because it was one the coolest boys in my grade. They came up to me and gave me a hug. The last one handed me a paper bag and said, ‘Man, you smell awful.’’
“When I looked in the paper bag my heart dropped when I saw coupons for soap and shampoo.”
‘You are phenomenal. Never give up. You can do this.’ I realized my student’s mother took the time to write on his pencils. I asked him if he would mind showing me the rest of them.
“I took the pencils he handed me. When I was sharpening them, I noticed writing on a few of them.”
‘Mom’s pray on the couch late at night when our kids are past curfew and not answering our texts.’ Mother’s perspective on how her faith has changed since having children
“How Moms Pray…”
