“Calls from DHS are like a Create-Your-Own-Adventure Game. Each ‘yes’ takes your family on a wild new adventure you never expected.”
The call came at midnight: ‘We have a 3-year-old girl at the hospital. Her mom was shot, her dad has been arrested. Can you come pick her up?’: Mom of 2 shares fostering journey, ‘I will never regret saying yes’
‘In tragedy, gifts will blossom.’: Heartbroken wife thankful her children now have ‘two daddies’
“I knew in my heart that I was watching two daddies dancing with their daughter and I couldn’t help but feel so much love.”
‘My sweet little miracle.’: After adopting 6 kids, couple finally gets pregnant with their ’10 year adventure’
“‘Alright Christina, I will tell you what. Go home, take this trigger shot and just have fun. Let’s see what happens.'”
‘It’s only a matter of time before I’m served a restraining order from Chick-fil-A. I don’t blame them. Not even a little.’: Mom hilariously recounts son’s ‘horrific’ diarrhea mishap at Chick-fil-A
“I thought I had this ‘taking the kids out to eat’ thing down to a science. I let my guard down. About 5 minutes in, an employee asked, ‘Ma’am, is that your son in the bathroom?’ I stared at him, confused. When I opened the bathroom door, I did the only thing that seemed natural. I laughed. Like, REALLY laughed. Tears-pouring-down-my-face, couldn’t-talk-couldn’t-breathe kind of laughing. I couldn’t get it together.”
9 Times Kind Teachers Changed Their Students’ Lives
“It was the first time I ever felt special.”
‘Raise good men. Raise strong women. Please. The world needs them, now more than ever’
“Rise above it and be an example.”
‘His life isn’t going to be what you planned’: Mom receives long-term diagnosis after meningitis
“He had meningitis. He started having seizures.”
‘I am 1 in 4’: Nine years after miscarriage, mom takes heart wrenching self-portrait releasing emotions
“If I didn’t give my loss a face in that moment, I never would.”
ALL THAT GLITTERS: Mom honors lost child with ‘the sparkle she left behind’ in dazzling rainbow baby photos
“We were going to honor Victoria with the sparkle that she left behind with all of us.”
I Wasn’t Ready For The Mental Load Of Motherhood
“Did you ever guess you’d grow so tired your heart would physically ache? I didn’t.”