“Didn’t anyone know how much we wanted to be parents, how much I wanted to carry a child of my own?”
‘I wanted him to be happy, if it was with someone else – so he could be a father, so be it.’ Woman pregnant after choosing to just ‘Be Still’
‘She had me at 16. My dad was 17. We made it TOGETHER.’: Family recreates photo to show their success despite the odds
“My parents were judged a lot but stayed strong together.”
Moms, It’s Up To Us To Raise Daughters Who Don’t Tear Each Other Down
It’s time we all act as role models and empower the women around us, today.
‘I couldn’t get to her fast enough. I felt helpless.’: Mom warns of treadmill burn dangers after 3-year-old was caught between belt and wall
“My 3-year-old daughter climbed on a treadmill at a relative’s house and turned it on full speed, and then she fell on the moving belt and got caught between the belt and the wall. Everything felt like it was moving in slow motion. When I heard the machine come on and then her screaming, I felt like I was running in tar or I had concrete blocks on my feet.”
‘I’ve been the mom whose card was declined at check out. But I survived it.’
“There will always be bad, crappy moments, but bad moments are not bad mothers.”
‘Daddy Poo, will you take Davey with you tomorrow, everywhere you go?’ Tattooed and bearded, 6’2 man parades around store with doll
“Daaaaaddy? Can you buy Davey some clothes while you’re out? And will you take pictures for me?”
‘8 days. It was only 8 days from the day of receiving her diagnosis to her passing’: Mom’s heartbreak as daughter goes from ear infection to fatal cancer
“Right before we left, we knew she was fighting an ear infection, and since it is fairly common in babies, we left the state with the doctor’s okay. All I could think about was, ‘How did I miss this? I am her mother. I see her every day. She grew inside of me for 38 weeks. How did I not see this?’”
‘Babies don’t have strokes! Or so we thought.’ Mom warns of son’s pediatric stroke in the womb, wasn’t aware until he was 6 months old
“It was a massive stroke. Big enough to kill a grown man. It was horrifying. This could not be happening to us.”
‘When she sent me a video of her singing, I knew immediately she was my daughter.’: Egg donor meets daughter decades later
“She also goes to USC and sings in the very same acapella group I directed all those years ago!”
Dear Parents: One Day, You’re Going To Miss The Chaos
“This won’t last forever.”