“Nothing could actually be wrong with my child right? That just happens to other people’s children; not mine.”
‘Our doctors have told us to go home and make memories.’: Dad’s desperate plea for terminally ill daughter whose cancer treatments stopped working
I Am Much More Than JUST The Foster Parent
“Let me share with you ‘just’ what I really am.”
‘I picked up every pregnancy test. ‘I’d be ashamed if I was your father. You should be more careful.’ I wanted to jump down his throat.’: Woman battling infertility finally gets ‘miracle baby’ after miscarriage
“I became a ‘peeing on a stick’ addict. I nervously walked up to the counter and placed them down hoping to not be judged. Lo and behold, the cashier was a 16-year-old boy who clearly had no clue he was about to spark a fire in me. ‘I’m trying to have a child and it’s not easy for my husband and me.’ I was 28 years old, how on earth could this be real?”
‘I struggled enormously with how to love a baby who was going to die’: Mom’s grief over losing her ‘proudest accomplishment’ after only 444 days
“The day after she turned seven months old, we took her home from hospital again. I didn’t realize this at the time, but this was the day she smiled at me for the last time.”
‘She saved my life.’: Teen sexual abuse survivor credits pregnancy for being ‘guiding light’ to graduate
“The second I saw that beautiful face I realized I had meaning in this world. The struggles, worries and doubt faded away, and at that very second I knew we were going to be okay.”
Sometimes I’m Grateful My Son Has Autism
“That may sound like a terrible thing to say, but in some ways, I think, I hope, it shields him.”
12 Experiments To Test If You’re Ready To Have Kids
“If all of this sounds like something you’d like to be a part of, then you are ready to be a parent!”
The silent tragedy affecting today’s children
“Our children are in a devastating emotional state! Talk to teachers and professionals who have been working in the field for the last 15 years.”
It’s The Final Weeks Of School Before Summer, And I No Longer Give Any Sh*ts
“I am done with that mess now. See also: the signing of reading logs, the reading of important papers, the forcing my children to take showers, and the packing of nutritious lunches.”
‘This perfect, precious little girl, in one itty bitty moment, completed our family, healed my heart, and made us parents’
“She was placed in my arms and I knew without a doubt that it had always been her. All of the hard and messy and ugly, for her.”