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Dear Child Of Divorce: I Will Always Put Your Emotions First While Co-Parenting

“I cannot imagine how confusing it feels to be a tiny human trying to navigate such a situation.”

No Matter How Old You Grow, You Will Always Be My Baby Boy

“It seems only yesterday I brushed my hand over your newborn skin. Your tiny fingers wrapped around my thumb and squeezed. My breath hitched in my throat, because in that moment I realized your little hands had the delicate strength to mold my whole life.”

Woman With Craniofacial Differences Discriminated Against Earns Master’s Degree To Advocate For Disabled Community

“People with facial differences and disabilities deserve the same access to careers, to love, to education, to family, to social life, and to equal opportunity as anyone else. This is what I push for.”

Late Mother’s Easy Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Bar Dessert

“This dessert holds a special place in our hearts… and stomachs. It’s on every holiday table.”

‘Getting diagnosed was the best thing for me.’: Chronically ill woman with autism shares diagnosis journey

“My joints are wonky, my nerves are broken, and my heart beats like I’m running a marathon when I stand up from the couch, but I now have the words to explain the experiences I’ve been having.”

Woman Goes To ER For Gas Pain, Learns She’s Been Pregnant For 7.5 Months And In Labor

A 23-year-old California woman named Britt left work one night feeling a little under the weather. She ended up checking …

10-Year-Old Boy Saves His Mom From Drowning In Backyard Pool

Gavin had helped his mom through seizures before, but this was scarier than anything she’d experienced. Her 10-year-old was scared, too, but that didn’t stop him from leaping into action.

News Anchor Suffers Partial Stroke On Live TV: ‘Something Is Going On With Me This Morning’

Julie Chin was in the midst of delivering the local news when she started acting strangely. Viewers at home had just witnessed the news anchor suffer the “beginnings of a stroke” on live TV.

Young Widow Shares Power Behind The ‘Productive Struggles’ In Life

“I have learned to lean into the struggle and really feel it. This is my reality, and fast, easy answers teach me nothing.”

I Don’t Want My Kids To Spend Their Lives Preparing, I Want Them To Live In The NOW

“Preparing them to get the best grades, to get into the best college, or learn another language, or perfect the violin, or work with a top soccer trainer. Instead, I want to cherish them now and give them what they deserve. Time.”

Dear Mama Having A Rough Week: You’re Getting Much More Right Than You Think

“Today, I lost it. I could feel my nerves fraying at the seams as my toddler refused to listen to anything I said. And in true me fashion, I cried. I lost my patience. I slammed cabinets and scraped plates filled with uneaten dinner. I took away privileges and declared mommy law. The mental load of motherhood broke me. Finito. Buh-bye. GONE.”

Dear Sour Patch Kid Parents: They’re Sour Then Sweet, But Someday I Think They Might Rule Their Own Kingdom

“They follow the rules, on their terms. They ask all the questions, especially the ones that cannot be answered easily. They don’t do fake. There’s no room in their vocabulary for artificial sweeteners; what you see is what you get.”

‘The problem was there 2 years prior and no one believed me.’: Disabled chronic illness warrior shares long journey to diagnosis

“‘It’s all in your head, Jessica. It’s just your severe anxiety playing up. You CAN walk, it’s all mind over matter.’ No one took me seriously.”

‘I became a widow at 34, 10 days after the adoption of our son.’: Widowed mom details sudden loss of husband to melanoma

“‘The judge signed off, and now we can go through with the adoption.’ It should have been one of the happiest days of my life. Instead, I was absolutely terrified. We’d just gotten some absolutely terrible news a few days before: James had cancer.”

‘Did I teach you all you need to know? Did I teach you I love you beyond words?’: Mom pens letter to daughter leaving for college

“For a while, all that was under our roof was your whole world. But our home is now a resting spot from the big world you belong to. A world where I can’t wait to see how you fly.”

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Delicious Root Beer Float Cookies With Buttercream Frosting

“I created this cookie in preparation for that ‘someday’ when either my daughter or son celebrates their wedding.”

Man With Cerebral Palsy Starts Inclusive Camp So Kids With Disabilities Can Enjoy Nature Too

For many children with disabilities, having the opportunity to participate in activities like camping and nature is limited due to lack of accessibility and resources.

‘I left in tears, feeling more defeated than ever.’: Chronic illness warrior fighting for answers opens up about ‘medical gaslighting’

“The base of my skull became so sensitive to touch I couldn’t lay on a pillow without being in more pain. My neurologist would tell me he never had a patient have this reaction before and left it at that.”

10 Incredibly Cute Foster Care Adoption Day T-Shirts

“Adoption day t-shirts can be a wonderful way to commemorate the occasion, announce your adoption, and make your adopted child feel wanted, chosen, and loved.”

Mom Of Daughter Lost To Suicide Reminds Others To Check On ‘Your People’

“Please be aware, get help if your thoughts are unhealthy, and help promote suicide prevention and awareness – not only during September, but always, no matter how uncomfortable it may feel.”

Mom Warns Of Button Battery Ingestion After Honey Packets Save Daughter From Near-Death Experience

“Right after dinner, Maggie comes over to me in the living room, points at her mouth, and says, ‘I just swallowed that.’ I know immediately that this is BAD.”

11 Lessons I’ve Learned About Grief Since My Mom Died

“After 3 years, I have learned a variety of lessons.”

woman with vitiligo as a teen and an adult

‘I turned to tanner to ‘get back’ the skin I felt I’d lost.’: Woman with vitiligo shares self love journey, embracing her skin

“When the tan didn’t turn out right, anxiety-ridden meltdowns would result. Tanner had become my security blanket. Without it, I was so scared the world might see the girl I was trying so desperately to hide.”