“I couldn’t control my husband dying unexpectedly, but I could control this ending.”
‘I was 32 years old with a dead husband. I wanted to – needed to – feel in control. I worried people would think I was ‘over’ my loss. I wasn’t.’
‘I’ve been counting down!’ It was my last birth. I never have to do this again, but I’m so grateful for the 3 times I have.’: Mom learns to soak in last ‘firsts’ with final baby
“I was still in the stirrups, getting stitched up, talking to my OB. She had no idea how much I had been counting down to this milestone. ‘I never have to do this again!’ She laughed and told me she’d never gotten that answer before. The last birth of our last baby. I had a ‘geriatric uterus’ this pregnancy, being 35.”
‘Right after my grandmother died, I found my mom in her bedroom writing down her thoughts. Through her tears she said: ‘You can read this when I’m done.’’
“I remember all the times I left my home on May Avenue, watching momma wave to me as I pulled away. I know how important that last wave is.”
‘Come on, of all people, you should understand why someone would want to abort a cleft baby.’: Baby has cleft palate surgery, ‘He’s the same boy we fell in love with’
“It was a shock. I didn’t know what I was looking at. There was clearly something wrong on his face, but I had never seen something like that before.”
‘If you ask my boy, he’d tell you, he has two dads and two moms. All 4 of us kept Jaden’s needs before our own. A loving, crazy, enormous, blended family.’
“Kristen was young. So young, I had my reservations. I learned very fast that just because another woman was parenting my child, didn’t mean she was taking my place.”
‘I was having a hard time finding the words – probably because I haven’t had any sleep – to express to my husband why I’m not in the best of moods in the morning.’
“So, I sat down with my coffee and drew him this visual.”
‘I’ve learned my lesson today, NEVER drive in a hail storm! I covered my infant with my body to stop her from getting badly injured.’
“The hail blew out our windows. I could feel the hail like pins and needles on my back.”
‘He may leave the hospital with a baby, but not his wife. He needed to prepare himself.’: Woman survives traumatic birth after HELLP Syndrome diagnosis
“My husband and I arrived at the hospital and settled in to await the arrival of our baby boy. I had no idea that the very bed I was settling in would soon become my death bed. I became frantic. I told my husband to find help immediately. I felt like I was dying, and indeed, I was.”
‘To some, Maddie was just a junkie — when they saw her addiction, they stopped seeing her. And what a loss for them.’
“Though we would have paid any ransom to have her back, any price in the world, this disease would not let her go until she was gone.”
‘It was so big. I had a 3-pound tumor removed. Naively I said, ‘It won’t be cancer, I’m totally healthy and young.’: Woman admits some days ‘really suck’ but she knows cancer will be her ‘greatest blessing’
“I was standing in front of the mirror with tears streaming down my face because I couldn’t wear any of my pants. I had gained quite a bit of weight, but more than that, I had a big lump on my left leg sticking out a good 5 inches. In that moment I knew this lump wasn’t going away. I kept putting it on the back burner because honestly… The sad, bitter truth is I didn’t (and don’t) have health insurance.”
‘This 3-year-old was kicking and screaming and flopping around. ‘Say something kind to her,’ I thought. But then I thought, ‘No, it’s none of your business. LEAVE THE POOR STRANGER ALONE.”
“She looked up at me, blinked twice, and then visibly melted. Tears started streaming.”
‘I’m taking pictures of my jewelry, when my husband walks in. ‘What in the world is going on?!’ I immediately start crying.’: Mom says the ‘good news’ is the cleaning and worrying never end
“I realize the madness I’ve created. It’s just never-ending. I’m not really sure why I’m crying, what day it is, or what’s going on.”
Moms Establishes Sensory Sensitive Trick-Or-Treating After Watching Kids Struggle
“While I understand Halloween is about fear, and scaring, the night itself is very exclusive to a certain demographic of children.”
My Son Was Teased For Wanting To Play With Dolls
“By 4-YEAR-OLDS.”
‘This right here was the highlight of the night. I can’t believe he actually fell for it!’: Bride’s HYSTERICAL garter swap gets groom to grind on wrong person
“I was thinking to myself it was going to be an epic fail once he felt the stockings. I was wrong!”
Remember To Check On Moms, Not Just Babies
“After my boys were born, there were appointments. There were regular pokes and prods. Their well-being was front and center. Then there was me.”
My Baby Was Born With Pfeiffer Syndrome, And I Wouldn’t Change Her Uniqueness For The World
“Her differences make her who she is, and she’s absolutely wonderful.”
‘I asked her how I was going to explain to everyone that I had lied, and that she never really died. I didn’t care because she was here again with me, and that’s all that really mattered.’
“It was as if she was never really gone. As if somehow this had all been a nightmare.”
When Your Life Blueprint Is Your Own, You Can Never Be A Minute Behind Schedule
“I graduated college in 4 years. My friend dropped out. Another friend graduated and had a job before she could celebrate with wine.”⠀
‘The first time anyone noticed my son was different he was 7 months old. It was like he didn’t see the other kids. Anyone in his path was in trouble.’
“The word ‘autism’ was thrown around quite a lot during his toddler and early preschool life and to be honest, it scared me.”
‘Tell me this is how an 11-year-old girl should feel coming home from school. Bullying is not acceptable!’ Dad’s plea shows daughter’s panic attack after Snapchat bullying from girls at school
“I have asked for her to be moved to a different class, yet they have no sign of showing any concerns – like it’s us parents being overly protective!”
‘I hadn’t realized this Christmas was the last one we’d spend as a whole family. After dinner, my phone rang. Concerned, I answered, and my world was rocked once more.’
“I was crocheting, like how we spent most nights. It was my mom, who never called me this time of evening as she worked night shift and would normally still be sleeping.”
‘The restaurant was 20 yards away from the starting line of a gay pride event. It was the ‘Drag Race.’: Mom urges others not too judge to quickly
“As you can tell by the picture, this was not exactly a NASCAR event. No less than 6 families ushered their children back to their cars and found somewhere else to eat their dinner. I know those folks.”
‘Even if she has 1,000 friends commenting every single day how perfect she is, it means nothing if the man at home makes her feel worthless.’
“A woman who is built up at home never has to go searching for it on the internet.”
‘We saw it first hand. A little cold turned into a terrifying 8-day hospital stay. And that’s why we are so adamant about getting the flu shot.’
“I didn’t think much of the vaccination debate until I had a medically fragile child. My lone surviving triplet came home from the hospital at 4 months old after being born at 22 weeks gestation.”