“It was then that I understood depression. I was completely overwhelmed. I was getting frustrated with my daughter who couldn’t help or control anything she was doing or what was happening to her. I felt crazy.”
‘I had never been aware of the world of anti-depressants. How can you be THAT sad? I didn’t get it. Then my 2-year-old was diagnosed with Stage 4 Lymphoma.’
‘We knew she was HIV+ which wasn’t a big deal. We wanted to adopt a child with this ‘special need.’ She was so beautiful.’
“She was 2 years old and only weighed about 15 pounds. She could hardly stand on her own, let alone walk.”
‘They couldn’t seem to find a cause for her fatal sickness. No one could explain how this happened to our family – again.’
“We found out this was a spontaneous condition. Just 4 months in, our world came crashing down all over again.”
‘For every woman unhappy with her postpartum marks, there is one wishing she had them.’ I once was her, the ‘one.’
“Some mama’s go home with only scars and no baby in their arms. For the ‘one’ wishing, hoping, praying for her miracle, this is for you.”
‘Would one make it? Would any make it? Or would all make it? He gave us the news and I started crying.’
“I could not believe it. I was sobbing and couldn’t believe this was real life.”
‘The doctor said, ‘We’ve tried everything, but we couldn’t restart her heart.’ I had to make the choice. Continue or ‘let her go.’: Mom loses daughter to sepsis, honor daughter’s ‘light’ with kindness
“I said the hardest word I’ve ever had to say: okay. As they stopped compressions and the beeping slowed to a stop, I sang, ‘You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.’ I knew I had to do something. I refused to let her light stop shining.”
‘We received a call that a sibling set of 4 kids needed a foster home. Our initial reaction was ‘Four kids at one time!?’’
“That’s when the lady broke heart-wrenching news to my wife.”
‘Hey Dad, I haven’t been feeling too well. Could you take me to the doctor? I think I might have a sinus infection.’: Daughter teaches dad important lesson on the importance of ‘being brave’
“‘Sure baby, I’ll pick you up after school.’ My daughter’s sinus infection was anything but.”
‘I got pissed at 4-year-old’s birthday party. I bought a new outfit and even sprayed deodorant. I BECAME PRESENTABLE, and I was ready to make friends, ya know what I’m saying?’: Mom hilariously recalls awkward encounter at child’s party
“My son was invited to a fellow kindergartner’s birthday – our first invite living in a new area, where I know NO ONE. I was pretty nervous, okay?”
‘September 17th is the day I had a clear plan to end my life. I had at least 3 different ways I could commit suicide.’
“I was sure I was having a heart attack. They asked me if something had stressed me. I said, ‘no, I was preparing dinner.'”