“It is just as deadly as meningitis in babies if not treated right away because it starts to attack their brain.”
‘I was originally told it was Eczema. He was seen later that day and instantly rushed to hospital. 3 days into our stay, we finally had a diagnosis – Herpes.’: Mom talks infant’s journey with herpes diagnosis
‘Well, Bobbie, that’s just what men do,’ she said to me tenderly. ‘My uncle did that to me too.’
“My eyes grew large as I looked at her and said, ‘No. That is not what men do.'”
‘This is the quilt that saw the loss of the mother. This is the quilt that witnessed a man grieving for his wife, but determined to live a full life for his children.’
“360 days after the loss of a mother, came the loss of a father. Grandbabies who will never meet their grandparents will surely know them by their legacy.”
‘Brandy, will you marry me’ was painted on his belly. He was down on one knee. I was in shock.’: After husband’s sudden death, wife’s powerful tribute will bring you to tears
“I sent a text asking how his day was. No answer. I called, he didn’t answer. I started to worry. I left work and drove home. As I pulled onto my street, I got an eerie feeling. I got inside, walked up the stairs to our room, and that is when I knew. He was gone.”
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“For all the men who were once teenagers doing ‘boys will be boys’ atrocities, thinking they are sitting there with their beautiful family and all is forgotten.”
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“The first week, two boys let me know about a bullying situation. We got it taken care of.”
‘We ended up accidentally getting pregnant after knowing each other for only a month. A few weeks later, that dream dissolved before our eyes.’: Mom suffers 2 miscarriages, gives birth to 2 ‘beautiful rainbow babies’
“I went into shock, paralyzed by what I’d just seen. All of a sudden, I heard a noise I couldn’t recognize. It was coming from me. A deep, loud, moaning scream; the sound of grief and disbelief. We were wheeled up to delivery and I remember a man telling my husband, ‘Good luck and congratulations,’ as he thought we were going to deliver a healthy baby. Never in my wildest dreams did I think we’d ever have to pick an urn for one of our children.”
‘Not everyone knows what the TEAL PUMPKIN is. It lets trick-or-treaters with allergies know you have stuff for them.’: Mom’s important reminder this Halloween season
“There are kids out there that can’t even have candy. As a kid with a nut allergy, I really encourage everyone to put out the teal pumpkin.”
‘He wanted to get meth, so we did. I’d been clean for a month. I took a pregnancy test. There was a tiny faint line.’: Addicted couple gets clean after learning of pregnancy, says their son is their ‘saving grace’
“I was so excited listening that drugs didn’t cross my mind. I was terrified after he came I’d get bad off again, but there was no way I was going to let someone else raise my baby. We used each other as support. Every night we’d lay down and listen to the baby’s heartbeat.”
‘Being a ‘stay at home’ dad of twins is all I know. ‘How do you do it?’ That’s easy. Because I have to.’
“Please, do not say you know what it’s like having twins. You don’t. I Promise.”