“My mom valued my brother’s death more than me, and I was still here.”
‘I knew my brother had died before I even picked up the phone’: Sister resented her mom’s grief for brother who overdosed until she had a son of her own
‘Before I put her to bed, her face turned pale. She was screaming in pain. My husband read the word ‘leukemia,’ and I had this sickening feeling. The inevitable truth was seeping into our lives.’ Mom gets hit with triple diagnosis: Down Syndrome, Leukemia, & Typhlitis
“A few hours after going to the doctor, I was out shopping with my husband. He handed me the phone. ‘It’s the pediatrician.’ My heart stopped. Why was he calling so soon? And why was HE calling and not the nurse this time?! Then, he said the words I’d been fearing since Tessa’s birth. I didn’t have the strength to stand. I fell to my knees. I had no idea how to move forward.”
I Did Not Like My Children When This Photo Was Taken (Thanks To PPD)
“Turns out, I was one of MILLIONS of women experiencing these feelings.”
‘I couldn’t process it. Twin 2 was born without an eye, ear, nostril’: Single mom ‘plunged into a pool of guilt for something I was convinced I had caused’
“When Harry was almost 3-years-old he was also diagnosed with Autism and my guilt and grief intensified.”
‘Not a single person was there to say goodbye. He was frightened by the sound of his own giggle. But for the first time, he was shown love. He was going to learn just how loved he really was.’
“We stared at the babies on the website for almost a year, saying we will adopt ‘one day.’ Then I saw the picture of a precious baby boy. He was only a few months old, abandoned to live his life in an orphanage because he had an extra chromosome.”
‘The story of a girl, a baby and her first ever C-section.’: Mom’s HILARIOUSLY CANDID, all-too-real birthing experience
“I get into the operating room and it’s got more people than an over-30’s nightclub. Everyone is introducing themselves and what they do, but I only paid attention to the person with the drugs, her name was Emma. (I think.)”
‘There is no heartbeat’: After 6 losses, woman’s best friend steps up with ‘the kindest offer we had ever received’
“I had reached my breaking point. My husband said to me, ‘Being a mom is more important than being pregnant.’ And he was so right.”
‘It has been a rough couple of weeks for Mason due to one TINY LITTLE FREAKING TICK!’
“It’s real, it’s scary, and it can most certainly happen to anyone.”
Dear Moms—Please Teach Your Children Not To Pet Service Dogs
“I’m sure you wouldn’t allow your children to grab someone’s cane, or yank on their nasal cannula that supplies their oxygen.”
‘It just felt right.’: Childhood friends on opposing teams embrace despite one just striking the other out
“ANY pitcher would be understood if he pumped his fists, pointed skyward, or became the center of a baseball pig pile.”