“It has been 10 months since a dear doctor friend told me I had stage 4 breast cancer. I sat outside on the phone, begging her to tell me my daughter would remember me.”
‘It was a glorious, sunny day at the pool. I scratched and felt the lumps.’: Mom with terminal breast cancer afraid to miss the ‘little moments’ with daughter: ‘Light-up shoes, ice skates, bra straps’
‘Ty, it’s about Dad. It’s not good.’ I instantly knew something was wrong.’: Groom’s devastating news about father before wedding makes him realize what ‘mattered most’
“In Dad’s true style he said to the doctors, ‘Do what you need to do to get me to my son’s wedding and do it quickly!’”
Fast Food Employee’s Beautiful Act Of Kindness For Stranger With Disability
“Not everything in this world is lost.”
Parenting In Your 40s: What The Decade May Look Like For You
“In this stage, you finally feel like you have some time and yet, you are running out of time. The 40s are consistently very confusing and yet, very satisfying.”
‘THIS is how birth is meant to be’: Mom experiences ‘intense’ backyard water birth
“I didn’t know how peaceful and beautiful birth was intended to be.”
10 Things Every Postpartum Mama Should Know
“It’s okay to forget when you showered last or heck, choose sleep OVER showering.”
I Finally Have The Dreaded ‘Old Lady’ Hands
“I see them sitting there taunting me on the steering wheel as I drive, all wrinkly and veiny and old-looking.”
‘Ingesting the milk produced by my very own body turned out to be helpful in my fight against cancer.’
“The idea, at first, seemed weird and kind of icky, but interesting. If my milk could help my son’s immune system, could it help strengthen mine?”
‘I am a simple guy. But I was given the opportunity to do something extraordinary’: Son donates kidney to ‘selfless’ mom
“She called me her hero. How do you respond to that?”
‘We didn’t want to separate siblings.’: Couple take in scared sisters after 65 homes turn them down
“We only wanted infants. We were young, infertile, not experienced, and weren’t ready for older kids.”