“Oh, I had left a message all right.”
‘I was late picking them up. Upon dialing her number I realized I was halfway through an intersection of a red light. I let an ‘OH SH*T’ fly.’
‘I don’t really know what to say. Would you like tea?’ I’d just found out my boy wasn’t fine, he’d never be fine, and our life was forever changed.’: Mom’s son diagnosed with rare Vanishing White Matter terminal illness
“He wasn’t able to walk or stand. He was dragging one of his legs and crisscrossing them. Friends and family kept trying to reassure me everything would be okay, but I knew it wouldn’t. I could tell by how the doctors tiptoed around us, the way they were spending so much time with us. ‘It’s progressive, untreatable, incurable, and terminal.’ Despite all this, Sam is joy personified. He is the most incredible person I’ve ever met.”
‘You were told you have cancer. If I timed my letter right – you’re home now, sitting with your daughter at bedtime.’
“You took that picture, holding your baby tight, wondering if these old photos would be the only evidence of you she’d have.”
‘Throughout my entire pregnancy, I had a ticking time bomb inside of me, and no one knew.’
“We were young and felt invincible to the world. Little did we know the storm we would cross in our path. Then my water broke…”
‘I slept next to my husband harboring the biggest secret I’ve ever kept.’: Wife surprises husband with exciting pregnancy announcement
“My heart was racing. I don’t remember the rest of the words he spoke, I just remember the look on his face. Just like our wedding day. Our little girl will forever know the joy he felt.”
‘I was watching her sleep next to me and realized it didn’t look right. I unbuttoned her and this is what I saw.’: Mom warns about the 1 cold symptom you shouldn’t ignore
“It is a sign to get your baby or child to hospital.”
‘My DAD was in the delivery room when I birthed my first child. ‘It’s okay Molz, you got this!’: Daughter grateful to experience ‘remarkable moment’ with father after losing him 3 years later
“I looked up from the bed horrified my dad was actually watching this whole thing. He could have snuck out. But he chose to stay. And I chose to let him. The power of those decisions would not be fully understood until years later. My dad died when the baby girl he witnessed come into this world was just 3 and a half years old.”
As A New Stay-At-Home Mom, I Am No Longer Sure Of My Place In The World
“I often feel the need to defend my choice of quitting my teaching job to be at home with my babies.”
‘He shook her violently and put her in the tub. There were bruises on her little body. He thought she was dead.’: Woman works to pass child abuse bill after granddaughter survives shaken baby syndrome
“My son-in-law called, saying Miley was choking and had stopped breathing. I dropped the phone and drove to the house where I found him standing in the doorway, holding a lifeless baby. I noticed bruising on her chin. I knew right away her father had hurt her badly. She had a 20% chance of survival.”
‘Why God? She’s innocent. She’s only 6 months old!’ Thoughts of guilt flooded my mind. How could I possibly want to bring another child into this world so soon after losing my daughter?
“I wish I never had gone home. Around 2 a.m. we received a call from the hospital. I knew something was terribly wrong.”