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‘He is her protector, it’s not my role anymore.’: With daughter in ICU, emotional moment father accepts boyfriend has taken his place
“We always knew Bryan loved her, but we never truly understood the depth of that young love until that day—a day we watched their young love experience a very adult situation.”
‘Autism is isolating’: Mom lays out clear cut ways to help maintain a sense of ‘community’ for severely autistic daughter
“Sadie’s first birthday celebration was standing room only, and her 2nd birthday party was just my family of four. We were alone in this journey.”
‘Staring at my roommate’s firearm, I called my brother in an attempt to save myself from what I thought could be my ultimate way out. Something had to change.’
“Labeling a mental illness can feel embarrassing, demeaning, and vulnerable but labeling my depression ended up giving me the courage to combat it through healthy living.”
‘LOOK! PRINCESS!’ After visiting daughter in NICU, emotional mom thanks real-life prom princess in diner for helping family ‘forget all the troubles of the day’
“Thank you for restoring my faith in strangers… thank you for making my kids happy. And thank you to your prince charming for loaning you to us.”
My Student Was Put On An Adoption Site, So I Made Him Part Of My Forever Family
“Without thinking, the words literally just came out of my mouth. I remember calling my husband. ‘There is paperwork in the printer I need you to look at when you come home. I want to adopt a little boy from school,’ I told him. ‘Are you sure?’ ‘I am.’ ‘Then what do I have to do to get the house ready?’ We all agreed, we were doing this.”
Having A Child With Autism Will Affect Your Marriage—Here’s How To Keep It Thriving
“Autism will test all the common stressors of marriage: money, time, parenting, lack of sleep, and even lack of self.”
‘They thrived at the sacrifice of our identical baby girls.’: Mom’s anguish over losing quints pregnancy, gives birth to triplets
“Still today I struggle with blaming myself for losing those precious baby girls of ours. I try to remind myself that the boys are healthier because of it.”
My Daughter Sleeps 20 Hours A Day Due Thanks To Severe Epilepsy
“She looks like Cinderella, but lives like Sleeping Beauty.”
Her ‘disability is invisible.’: Mom painstakingly navigates outings with daughter who has severe autism
“People see me feed a 7-year-old with a spoon as I try to block her other hand from grabbing, and keep her from jumping in her seat.”
‘Cancer cannot cripple love.’: With wedding ‘years down the road,’ teen tries on wedding dresses for sick mother in hospital to ‘share this moment together’
“Mom and I held each other while tears streamed down our cheeks as we talked about how we could never imagine living without one another. We began talking about things we still wanted to do together.”