“When the triplets were born I almost died. I remember feeling like I wasn’t enough, like I failed them because my first moments with them were through FaceTime.”
Before I Became A Mother, I’d Already Labeled Myself As ‘Not Enough’
Someday, You’ll Watch Your Wife Become The Woman She Was Meant To Be
“You’ll try to fathom how the teenager you fell for all those years ago managed to become the fiercest woman you know.”
‘I’ve debated on this post for a while but I’ve decided I’d show the hard parts of the aftermath of giving birth, and the ultimate sacrifice mothers make from day one.’: Mom shares candid photo right after birth
“Don’t ever discredit a mother. You don’t know the half. No one told me your belly doesn’t go down immediately. No one told me I’d be bleeding out.”
‘Who are you?’ ‘We are sisters.’ ‘Who am I?’ ‘You are our mom.’ ‘Oh sh*t.’
“Dad is pretending he is asleep but I know he isn’t, because when we arrive next to his recliner, he is smiling. Not in a ‘Nice to see you’ kind of way, but in a ‘How was that quality time you just had with your mother?’ kind of way.”
‘I was 29 when I found out I was pregnant with twins. I continued to use every 4-6 hours.’: Addict ‘didn’t want to die a junkie,’ finally gets clean for her children because ‘enough was enough’
“I had gone to Cotillion and Girl Scouts, went to Catholic school and had a family who loved me. Now I was a junkie. One time my mom hid her money in her pillowcase while she slept, and I cut it out with her laying on it. Birds fly, fish swim, and addicts use. That’s what I did. But my kids deserved for me to try.”
‘They choose you, you know. In Heaven.’ He pointed to my swollen belly, my twins inside.’: Mom realizes her children ‘chose’ her after chance encounter with stranger in hospital waiting room
“What I wanted most when I was pregnant? I wanted the fantasy. I didn’t want to know every gory detail. Because sometimes? You just need that one person who says everything is going to be okay.”
I got a text while I was at work that said, ‘Babe, will you seriously pray and think about something?!’ Immediately my heart pounds.’: Foster dad shares ‘miracle’ adoption journey, ‘We’re so thankful to be a family’
“It seemed impossible. It would have to take a miracle. The rest of the story is nothing short of just that.”
I Caught My Son Helping An Elderly Woman Today, And I Couldn’t Be More Proud Of The Man He’s Becoming
“To say we are proud of the young man he is turning into is an understatement.”
Life As A Mommy Blogger: The Disturbing Things The Internet Has Said To Me
“Being vulnerable shouldn’t be an opportunity to be shamed, ridiculed, or embarrassed.”
Your House Should Be Dirty—Here’s Why
“I sighed and said, ‘I wish my house always looked like this,’ while trying to wrangle both my toddlers from touching or messing anything up in this museum of beauty. She looked at me sadly and said, ‘Why?’”