“You were simply chosen to be strong.”
A Letter To The Person Without A Positive Mother Figure This Mother’s Day
‘Kelly, something happened to your mom. There’s nothing they can do.’ My world was rocked.’: Woman loses mom at 19, says ‘becoming a mom has been healing’
“My child will never experience the deep love and pride a maternal grandmother can give. They’ll never know the sound of her laugh, the warmth of her hugs.”
‘I was at work when I noticed a strange feeling and excused myself to the restroom. In shock, I found crimson red trickling down my legs.’: Mom births preemie rainbow baby with autism
“I went to stand up, and blood poured down my legs and all over the floor. I remember almost fainting; my husband called 911 and an ambulance rushed me to the emergency room. To our surprise, we saw a baby bouncing around on the screen of the ultrasound. The doctors were baffled.”
‘Will we ever be matched again?’ From that day forward, I’ve never celebrated Mother’s Day without grieving first.’: Adoptive mom facing infertility shares journey
“I had no idea patients admitted for hysterectomies stay in the maternity ward. It was a sick comedy. Anyone who entered the room congratulated me and asked if it was a boy or girl.”
‘I felt a tug at my heart. ‘Everyone who wants kids SHOULD be able to experience this!’: Mom of 3 girls becomes surrogate, ‘I’m one proud surro-mama’
“I was at an age where many of my friends were trying for a baby. I became aware of infertility and felt yet another tug at my heart.”
‘I faced the choice of buying food or affording diapers. It’s a lonely place to be.’: New mom thanks local baby bank for donating supplies
“My situation was a living nightmare. We wanted to give her the basic things every baby should have, like a soft toy. We simply couldn’t afford it.”
‘She was there for every single contraction. She reminded me to breathe. She held me when I felt like crumbling.’: Woman says being a doula is ‘making friends for life’
“I had my daughter at home, unmedicated, in a birth tub in my living room.”
‘Today on our daily run a little girl yelled, ‘May I pet your puppy?’ from outside the funeral home. ‘My daddy died today.’: Woman and her pitbull share touching act of kindness for grieving girl
“She wrapped her arms around Blue’s neck and wouldn’t let go. She then jumps up and says, ‘I want you to meet my Daddy!!! Can you please come meet him??’ As I looked around, there wasn’t a dry eye to be found.”
‘In front of the entire train, he pointed at me and shouted, ‘Look at that freak!’ I broke down into floods of tears.’: Man with cystic hygroma shares self-love journey
“‘You don’t look like the other boys. You look different.’ I was sick of giving power to strangers. It was time to take back control.”
‘Adult-sized shoes are piled by the front door where their bikes used to be. I blinked. That’s it. Our boys, they are men now.’: Woman thanks ‘wolfpack of mom friends’ as all-grown-up son’s graduate
“Have we done enough? Did we cheer loud enough? Will they always remember we were their biggest fans no matter what? Man, I hope so.”