“I can be grateful to watch my kids giggle while making a mess at the dinner table AND wish I could occasionally eat one meal alone. I can appreciate being able to nurse my baby AND complain I never get to leave the house for more than two hours at a time.”
“We started our foster care journey in hopes to help change the lives of kids, but really our lives are the ones that have been changed.”
“About a minute after we got out of the house, our front door had flames coming out of it.”
“I was not a rented womb. I didn’t do it for the money. I didn’t ‘sell’ my baby. I was so thankful to be carrying Andrew.”
“‘You can make it a day at a time.’ Little did I know I would use this message again and again.”
“I would cover up the fact I felt so disconnected. Everything was ‘great,’ ‘fine,’ ‘I love being a mom.’ I was lying to them and myself.”
“My feet would go numb. ‘This isn’t normal,’ teammates would say. In hindsight, I think sports helped save my life.”
When all a toddler has known is their dad with a beard, seeing them without one for the first time can lead to some… well, negative reactions, to say the least. Then there’s Ellie.
Not only did she graduate, but she earned a GPA of 4.0.
“Now we get more to love and you will brave your way into your big sister role. I’m nervous about it, too. I also know having a sibling is one of the greatest gifts we can ever give you.”
