“Their whole life they’re told they need to be men. Until…they’re in the delivery room and it’s time for them to become fathers. And everything they’ve been told, everything they’ve learned, just withers away at their fingertips.”
‘He is our backbone. His words comfort like a warm blanket. He tells me it will be okay, even when he knows it may not.’: Woman shares ode to ‘present’ fathers
‘Why aren’t you breastfeeding?’ My voice clipped from the wind punched out of my gut.’: Mom urges ‘you don’t owe anyone an explanation for how you feed your baby’
“The first time I gave him his first bottle I wept – with relief, with guilt. There were so many feelings. I never went back to that fitness group.”
‘Friendship is coming over with Chick-fil-A to help you pick your life back up.’: Woman grieving miscarriage urges ‘show up for your friends’
“I had a miscarriage and Kailey was the first person I texted. ‘My house is in full depression mode.’ She helped me literally pick my life around me, back up.”
To Your Children With Anxiety, Love Them More Fiercely Than Ever
“Our kids can come from secure homes and still be anxious. They can have good friends and still be anxious. They can get enough sleep, have strong faith, be covered in prayer, and still be anxious.”
‘Carry me, please?’ We noticed our son walking funny after a splinter in his foot. A week later, the infection came back.’: Dad shares touching reminder ‘I need to be their rock’
“As I’m walking up the stairs to our apartment with Nolan riding piggyback, it all hit me – he needed his Dad.”
Wear The Dang Shorts. Buy The Bathing Suit In Your New Size. TAKE. THE. PICTURE.
“The jiggle of your thighs has no say here. Today is a gift, and you’re living it.”
‘Hands trembling, I wrote an email to my father: ‘I’m pregnant. Don’t worry. I have a plan.’: Teen mom turned 6-figure business owner urges ‘young parenthood doesn’t need to be a curse’
“‘You need to get an abortion. You’re only 19, just think about your body. It’ll be ruined forever…and so will your life.’ There I went, across the world, to a Third World Country where I didn’t speak the language or know the customs… to start a new life, baby in tow. We were young, naïve, and so in love.”
‘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 looked down during my shower, bleary-eyed from yet another 4 a.m. wake up call, to a baby crawling between my legs and toys scattered between my wet feet.’: Burnt out mom urges ‘you don’t have to love every second’
“My 3-year-old sat chattering on the toilet I still need to scrub, while the shrieks of her siblings pierced the background. I had a laundry list of things running through my mind that needed to be accomplished and not a single clue how I was going to make it come to fruition. And I was weary.”
‘She sat with me in my messy living room filled with crumbs and toddler toys. She didn’t ask if I needed her…she just showed up.’: Woman reminds us ‘just show up, we need each other’
“It’s been a rough few days for me. She didn’t offer to ‘let her know if I need anything.’ She didn’t care it was a week night, or if she had 3 babies at home. She just showed up at my door, with roses, Reese’s Cups, and a mask.”
