“If someone offers help, DON’T fight it. Just say YES.”
‘No matter WHAT you see on the internet, NO ONE has it all together.’: Mom of twins gives early motherhood advice, ‘It’s a game of ‘winging it’
‘Why can’t you just LISTEN?’ His type is known as ‘brat.’: Mom of Autistic twins discusses ‘comparing,’ ‘Each boy is different, yet one and the same’
“I let a friend try to teach me how to discipline Jack. The entirety of it shook me to my core as I watched how it broke him at just 4 years old.”
‘She gripped my hand. ‘Don’t worry. If they give you a hysterectomy, I’ll have your babies.’ We laughed.’: Woman shares ‘sacrificial love’ of surrogate twin sister after cancer battle
“My twin said, ‘If you needed a kidney, I’d give you a kidney. You just happen to need my uterus.’ This is more than a gift. It’s a dream come true!”
‘I’d heard of ‘surprise’ and ‘accidental’ pregnancies. I thought it’d be easy for me.’: Woman births 5 kids through IVF
“No one told me I’d have days where I’d cry for no reason at all. I had no idea I’d have to give myself injections in my abdomen. But I knew I was meant to be a mother.”
‘I heard loud honking and a gruff, ‘COME ON!’ He refused to make eye contact with me.’: Mom to children with autism shares upsetting bus stop moment
“I yelled how proud I was so they could hear me through the window and made ‘I love you’ in sign language. I didn’t need him to get in trouble. I needed him to simply UNDERSTAND.”
‘We’ve been turned down 35 TIMES by surrogates for our sexual orientation.’: Gay couple have twins via surrogacy
“We’ve been called the f-word in a Home Depot parking lot. We’ve had horrible and nasty DMs on social media. But our kids have two parents who love them DEARLY, and they’re better off for it.”
‘I worry what other people think when they see it.’: Mom says ‘from our messy home to yours, you are ENOUGH’
“There’s ONE precious life to live, during which you do your best every day, and that’s ENOUGH.”
10 Things To Know When We Say Our Child Has Autism
“It does not mean our child is dying.”
‘After all the miscarriages, the doctor said, ‘You’re pregnant, with TWINS!’ I about passed out.’: Mom births miracle twin, adopts miracle daughter
“Immediately after, I began looking into adoption. I refused to give up on having a daughter. Then we got the call: ‘We have a 9-month-old girl in need of a home.'”
‘May I hug your boys?’ An older woman approached me in the cereal aisle. ‘You don’t know what I’d give to hear my grandson laugh one last time.’: Twin mom touched by Walmart chance encounter
“She said, ‘I know you probably hate this and I’m sorry to take up so much of your time. You see, I lost my only grandchild last year, and about the only time I see kids his age is when I do my grocery shopping.’ I couldn’t find any words. I stood in silence, grieving for her.”
