“Don’t give up on you! Even if it takes 25 years, there’s an answer somewhere and you are worth the research.”
‘I know my body,’ I kept telling them. ‘Something isn’t right!’: Mom shares health PSA after 25 years of doctors ignoring low iron
My ADHD Diagnosis Has Freed Me From Perfection
“I was officially diagnosed two months ago. Something I’ve lived with my whole life, thinking the overwhelm, anxiety, and freeze response to organizing my life meant I was lazy or broken somehow.”
‘I don’t mean to!’ she’d cry. She’d forget her homework at school at least 3 days a week.’: Mom shares daughter’s ADD journey, how it presents differently in girls
“It’s subtle. It’s easy to miss. But it was there. It had always been there.”
‘Do not stand up!’ These were the last thoughts before my eyes rolled back into my head.’: Woman 3 years sober after decades-long battle with addiction
“I tried to fight the urge to succumb to the darkness, but I was not strong enough. I passed out cold at the dinner table. When I lifted my head, everyone around the table was staring at me. I had great intentions to keep it classy that night. Once again, a full-grown woman, I humiliated myself.”
This Is Your Sign To Take A Surprise Day Off (Even If There’s A Million Reasons Not To)
“Give yourself a blank page in your agenda that day. Don’t fill it with work or chores or caring for others. Leave it open for yourself.”
You Are So Much More Than A Persona On Social Media, And So Is Everyone Else
“Can we talk about something we don’t often see reflected on social media? And that is how multidimensional we are as mothers and wives and women.”
I’m Going To Post That Unedited Photo, Flaws And All
“When we waste all that time retaking, filtering, editing, and Facetuning, we are taking away from the reason we took that photo or video in the first place.”
Why Infertility Has Changed Me Forever
“I may stand here and not always recognize the girl looking back at me, but I know deep down she is still built for greater things than I could ever imagine, and that is a beautiful thing.”
‘Every day I’d eat egg whites and steamed vegetables, wondering if I’d die in my sleep.’: Woman shares road to recovery, happiness after life-long eating disorder
“It’s never too late to re-learn everything you once learned before. It’s never too late to make your life better than it was before. It’s never too late to say screw it to the past (or even the odds) and get the life you want. All it takes is one step at a time.”
‘She picked you guys!’ His life brought two families together, forever.’: Mom shares hills and valleys that brought her to adopted son
“She said, ‘It’s a boy!’ I hugged her so tightly. Instant family. She handed us a tiny 6lb 5oz baby boy with the cutest lips I’d ever seen. The pregnancy may have been unplanned, but this little boy was no accident.”