“I started taking up to 30 Lortabs a day. Yes, 30. I was hooked on pills, and I was going to the methadone clinic every day. I hated it. I was a slave.”
‘I was on drugs, depressed, and close to a divorce. I had gone a month without bathing or brushing my hair’: Pill addicted mom overcomes personal demons to care for autistic son
‘As we entered our street, the driver said, ‘Which house is it? Oh…never mind, you’ve got quite a crowd waiting.’: Parents overwhelmed by homecoming surprise after newborn daughter spends 195 days in the hospital
“I looked out the ambulance window and started bawling as I saw the crowd so excitedly yelling for Ellie. I couldn’t help but think about heaven, and how I could taste a small glimpse of what it will be like.”
I Don’t Want To Raise Church Kids
“Matter of fact, it’s one of my biggest fears.”
I Got Asked My Due Date When I Wasn’t Pregnant, And I’m OK With That
“It happened. I got asked the three words every woman dreads when she is not pregnant.”
After Trying To Conceive For 18 Years, My Co-Workers Adopted My Baby
“I went to work after hearing the baby’s heartbeat and told my coworkers. I then took one coworker (male) aside and asked him if he and his wife were looking to adopt. I knew they had been trying to have kids for 18 years.”
I Have A Little Girl Who Is Not Mine (Inside My Life As A Surrogate)
“YES – it’s a little heart wrenching thinking ‘is that what my little girl would look like if I had a girl?!’”
My Blended Family: I Live With My Husband, My Ex-Husband And His Girlfriend, And Our 6 Children
“We threw our parenting plan out the window.”
‘Every time I looked in the mirror I saw the girl with Endometriosis. The girl whose brother died. The girl who had given up. I was done being that girl. I wanted to feel beautiful again. ‘
“I grieved the loss of my baby I will never feel growing inside me. I was angry at God for taking my brother so soon. I was done being that girl. I wanted to feel beautiful again.”
Our 13-Year-Old Handles Our Household Grocery Budget Each Month
“I was shocked at how many messages I got telling me she was too young to have so much responsibility. I was labeled as a lazy mom.”
‘I was sitting on the park bench trying to send this picture of the boys to my wife when I heard a man’s voice very loudly say ‘don’t miss it’.’
“I looked up and replied ‘miss what?'”