“‘Do you own a TV?’ If I had a dollar for every time we were asked that, we would be rich. We have days when we don’t know whether to laugh or cry, but that’s the best part of having a big family.”
‘Are they all from the same father?’ I told him I’d love to have 6 babies, but here we are with 11.’: Mom of 11 shares the challenges and beauty of big family life
‘What’s lor-aze-pum?’ I decided to tell them the truth. It’s life. It’s reality.’: Mom shares lesson in vulnerability, ‘Even if it’s uncomfortable, it’s okay to ask for help’
“If they ask me about something, I will simply tell them. Only the most bad*ss people I know allow themselves to be vulnerable.”
‘I was 20 pounds over the weight limit. ’This is it, Bekkah. You have to change.’: Mom credits ‘the power of a mother’s love’ with kickstarting incredible weight loss journey
“After just under 30 pounds of weight loss, I became pregnant. I was terrified. I had not been below 300 pounds in five years, but I knew what I needed to do.”
There’s No Prize For Burnt Out Mother Of The Year, Take A F**king Break
“You don’t get kudos for trying to do it all while neglecting your health.”
‘If my boys were sick or struggling, I wondered if this was a curse because they weren’t meant to be here.’: Mom battling infertility has IVF twins and speaks about guilt
“‘Are they natural?’ Which really means, ‘Did you make these twins by yourself, or did you need help?’ I couldn’t run from the fact that nature, or God, never intended me to be a mom.”
‘Your daughter’s heart will have to be stopped to repair it.’: Mom shares daughter’s diagnoses of VSD, Aorta Coarctation, thankful ‘her surgery is just a distant memory’
“How could such a small heart already have to stop beating? All I wanted was for them to just stop mine instead. I wanted them to take my heart to fix hers.”
‘Mama, there is NOTHING more important than this. Nothing.’: Young mom urges others to cherish every moment
“How many more times will they crawl up next to you and ease their tiny body against yours for comfort? The chores will always be there, but this second in time is just that; a split second.”
‘I said to my 16-year-old, ‘If something ever happens to me and dad, don’t be surprised if I end up with a woman.’: Mom of 4 comes out, ‘I finally came home to myself’
“I craved a level of intimacy in which he wasn’t capable of giving. He’d say, ‘If you want that, you need to be with a woman.’”
‘These women are AMAZED someone they don’t know has made something for them.’: Charity partners with Annie’s Kit Clubs to make scarves for women escaping abuse, ‘It’s impacted thousands of lives’
“Every woman who flees abuse deserves a comfort scarf.”
‘You tried to jump out of a moving car.’ I woke up with strange men far away from home.’: Mom overcomes mental health struggles, suicide attempts to become advocate
“During the exam, the doctor asked me casually, ‘Have you been having sexual intercourse?’ The shame was hard to bear. I didn’t like the life I had chosen, so I tried to leave it.”