“We still are learning, but we are taking this on with all we have and doing our best.”
‘The doctor said he was one of the most extreme cases of ADHD she had ever seen.’: Mom shares then and now of son’s journey with ADHD
‘Placement needed after all, kids are on the way. We’ll be there in 20 minutes.’: Couple shares foster care journey with sibling sets, teens, reunifications
“When I think of our foster care journey everything is truly dialectic. It is love and it is frustration, it is depleting and it is rewarding, it is heartbreaking and heartwarming all at once.”
Raising Children In This Beautiful Mess Of A World Isn’t For The Faint Of Heart
“As I sat to the side of the curb, salty drops navigating their way down to my chin, I couldn’t help but think how so much of motherhood is done in the spaces where no one else is. Where it’s just us. All by ourselves. Sometimes crying. Oftentimes praying. All the time loving.”
‘I was so embarrassed. Why does my child throw tantrums in public?’: Mom of 4 urges ‘we don’t need to beat ourselves up’
“A bad day doesn’t make you a bad mom.”
5 Lessons Learned After Talking To My Son About School Shootings
“We are no longer shielding our kiddo from school shootings. If children his age are dying, he deserves to know what he’s up against.”
If You Want To Get A Bunch Of Unsolicited Advice, Just Get Pregnant
“Regardless of our intentions, giving advice that isn’t requested is at best annoying and at worst invasive and manipulative.”
‘Sometimes babies cry. As long as they’re changed and fed, they don’t always need to be figured out.’: Mom shares newborn parenting advice
“When I started seeing my baby as a human and not some complicated newborn, figuring out her needs no longer seemed like such a mystery.”
‘The whole exchange took 2 minutes, but my life would be marked by this moment forever.’: Single mom shares unexpected foster care adoption of baby girl
“She was in a little yellow nightgown onesie and it was way too big for her. I signed some paperwork, got her out of the car, and the case worker handed me a diaper bag packed by a local church. That was it.”
I Say A Prayer At Drop Off
“It shouldn’t be this way. This I know. Yet here we are. I don’t want to let you go.”
‘It looks like a harmless weed.’: Mom warns of poison hemlock after daughter suffers severe reaction
“We decided to do a walk around our property to look for any plants that could have given her this bad of a reaction. And then…we found it. Our property (and all of our neighbor’s properties) were lined with hundreds of them.”