“I called my brother and he explained to me: ‘Man, you know what? I just found out the 3 are actually part of a family of 6… now I know this seems like a bit of a jump, but I know if anyone can do it, you and your wife can.”
‘Hey, I know you and Ash have been wanting to foster. Talk with your wife and let me know what’s up.’: Family adopts 6 children after struggling with infertility
‘He lives in Heaven, so he has special powers that tell him where to set the pennies so we will see them!’
“At my father’s funeral, a friend came up to me with a penny in her hand. She said, ‘This was sitting at my feet during the service, I think it’s supposed to be yours. It looks like your dad is trying to say hi.’ It was one of the first ‘signs’ my dad sent me.”
‘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
“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.”
‘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.”