“Sometimes I see it and forget to even reply because I’m ‘busy’. We speak when I’m on my way home from work and by the time I get home they are already in bed. I missed it. She had to do it on her own.”
‘The kids are being nightmares’: Every now and then while I’m at work I get that dreaded text message
‘I cannot express what it feels like to carry around a dead baby for a month. I wanted to claw out of my body.’: After her month-long miscarriage, woman says she would ‘never wish this pain on anyone’
“Our doctor joked about the possibility of seeing triplets on the ultrasound. I was dizzy, so very dizzy. I laid down on the table and exposed my stomach. I wasn’t ready. I wasn’t ready for my heart to be broken again. He put the wand on my stomach, and I knew instantly. I couldn’t see a baby. My doctor was quiet. I told him there was nothing there. It wasn’t a question. I knew.”
‘He WALKED ALL NIGHT, 20 miles, to get from Homewood to Pelham so he could get to work.’
“How many times did he wonder if this was the best idea. How many times did he want to find a place to sit or lie down and wait till morning when he could maybe get someone to come pick him up and bring him back home. But he walked until he got here! I am in total awe of this young man!”
‘I had convinced myself I was just being paranoid. I was oblivious to the fact this could end up badly, so I went alone. It was supposed to be a chill day.’
“I noticed he was getting super clumsy. But he was a toddler, and most toddlers are naturally wobbly. Yet this felt different. He was holding on to the wall when he would walk, sometimes he would just fall right over. It was strange.”
‘Red, White, and Blue milk! This was all from one side, from one pumping session.’
“Don’t panic if you see blood in your milk! I know it is alarming.”
My Daughter Died After Eating Poorly Labeled Chips Ahoy Peanut Butter Cookies
“The company has different colored packaging to indicate chunky, chewy, or regular but NO screaming warnings about such a fatal ingredient to many people. Especially children.”
‘I could not mentally prepare for what I was going to witness. He had been hospitalized due to Shaken Baby Syndrome. My heart immediately sank.’
“I asked if this was the same child I had seen in on the news, and she confirmed it. I knew in that moment I had to put my whole heart in it for this family.”
‘I’m not ready for Zeze to grow up, but I think he’s well on his way.’: Mom prides compassionate, hardworking son
“Earlier this week we went to get Zeke’s senior yearbook pictures. On the way, I noticed his hands. Working hands.”
‘853 days. That’s how much time my son spent with his biological parents before they both tragically passed away. While legally my adopted son, he is biologically my brother.
“Easton lost his mom to an overdose, and then we both lost our father 12 days later to pancreatic cancer. Today marks the day that he has officially spent more time with us, than he ever did with his biological parents. Let that sink in.”
One Day Someone Is Gonna Like You—Just Remember, I Called You Baby First
“The big moment will come. Everyone will be looking at her, but I’ll be looking at you.”