“I’m crushed when other children ask her to play and she turns her back without a word. She may be a non-speaker, but she gives the tightest hugs and the biggest belly laughs.”
‘My daughter is 4 and a half, and she’s never called me mom.’: Autism mom shares ‘highs and lows’ of motherhood
‘I’m so sorry. This isn’t fair.’ My tumor was the most beautiful gift I’d ever received.’: Brain cancer warrior says ‘I’m more alive than I’ve ever been’
“Despite professional success, I was miserable. I was clinically depressed, unhappy, and facing a failing marriage. My tumor was the most beautiful gift I’d ever received.”
‘The lives of these cherished friends were lost forever.’: Woman creates second chance business for plushies
“I’ll never forget the elderly lady who explained she’d not spent a day apart from her bedraggled-looking bears. She cried with joy when I showed her a photo of her beloved bears being hugged by two delighted girls and their smiling mother.”
‘We’ve got a baby who needs a home.’ I couldn’t take my eyes off him. His fingers curled around mine, like he already knew who I was.’: Mom shares ‘bittersweet’ fostering journey
“As soon as I took one look at the tiny baby, it was all over for me. I was in love. I’m a mom, so I know what a mother’s love feels like. I never expected to feel that kind of love for a complete stranger.”
‘What is that speck over there?’ The nurse practitioner saw 1 baby, then 2!’: Mom of multiples shares fertility journey, ‘It was ALL worth it’
“I wish someone recorded our faces. We had NO WORDS.”
‘You’re in the area to buy crack.’ I was alone on the side of the road, my beachball-sized belly hiding under my dress.’: Woman shares encounter with police officer, ‘I felt I didn’t belong’
“The whole situation, I was looking for any other reason for his behaviors outside of race. I didn’t want it to be race related. We never do. Ever.”
‘I opened my cooler and broke down in tears.’: Mom struggling to produce breast milk receives help from strangers on Facebook
“Hearing words like ‘life expectancy’ and ‘quality of life’ absolutely destroyed me. Within DAYS, my motherhood journey completely changed.”
‘This is my brown friend.’ I thought they weren’t overtly racist, so they couldn’t BE racist.’: Woman details growing up mixed race
“‘It’s OK, because you’re not one of THOSE,’ friends would say when racial slurs were used around me. I’m going to make sure my daughter is PROUD of her heritage.”
‘Your son got into trouble.’ I tried to stay calm.’: Dad shares how to parent an ’emotionally troubled child’
“‘The ‘cool’ guys made fun of me.’ My heart BROKE for my son. But I also encouraged him. He needed to understand it’s NORMAL.”
‘The doctor pulled up my MRI. ‘Are you sure you want to see it? It’s big.’ It was a fear I’d never felt before.’: Woman with brain cancer urges ‘love your body through the good and difficult’
“My migraines began with a small blurry spot. This blur got bigger and bigger until I couldn’t see anything. ‘Get to an emergency room now!’ I couldn’t believe my ears.”