“The modern world tells her she needs to contribute financially; but judges her for leaving her babies in the hands of others to do so.”
‘Just like most moms, the modern world is kicking her ass.’
My Baby Never Came Home With Me
“One week after we lost our daughter, we walked in the door to our apartment.”
‘When I was by myself, so deep in the woods the trail was invisible, I considered turning back.’ Woman eloquently describes her journey with running
“If you run, you are a runner. It doesn’t matter how fast or how far. It doesn’t matter if today is your first day or if you’ve been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run.”
– John Bingham
‘He didn’t understand why anyone would see it as an issue, or as a valid reason to not date a girl.’: Woman with port wine stain birthmark finds true love
“It was obvious on my dating profile. It was shown in all my pictures, it was written within my ‘about me’ section. I was intentional about it being obvious.”
5 Reasons Single Moms Are Incredibly Attractive
“There’s no ‘Honey Do’ list for single moms. There’s a ‘I have to do this list’ they make for themselves. That amount of grit and determination is so unbelievably beautiful to me.”
‘I think about the vows they took 68 years ago, and how they have lived up to all of them.’ Lovebirds never ‘dreamed’ of dementia, but still believe they hit the marriage ‘jackpot’
“They take walks. They laugh. They love. They wake up to a new adventure every day. It is not what I hoped or dreamed for them, but in the end, they still have each other and for them – it is enough.”
The special moment when a stranger mentioned my children in heaven
“You don’t know me, but I took care of you when you gave birth. I remember Parker and Abby, and of course Peyton.”
‘For the caretakers who are left behind: Those amazing, beautiful, selfless souls who dedicated their lives to the welfare of another human being.’ What this grieving wife wants you to know to help you heal
“I want you to know how much admiration and respect I have for you, but I also want you to know this…”
I Knew I had Cancer Because I Trusted my Intuition
“I am only beginning to digest the gravity of the impact that diagnosis had on me: as a mother and wife. Moreover, how it changed me.”
‘You’re so small.’ ‘Aren’t pregnant women supposed to gain weight?’: Mom gives birth to 2-pound preemie after umbilical cord complications
“My doctor kept looking at my pregnant belly with a look of concern. ‘How much did you weigh before this pregnancy?’ she asked. The umbilical cord was giving our son nutrients, but not enough. His body was being starved. Every day was a gamble that the umbilical cord would stop working.”
‘I screamed out, ‘I can’t lose my baby!’, with tears streaming down my face. But deep down I knew.’
“After 296 days in the hospital we got to bring our son we nicknamed ‘Tough Hough’ and ‘Texas Tornado’, home for the first time in his life. He’s flourishing and hasn’t looked back once.”
‘Had I known a mere 13 weeks was all I had with this child, I would have said ‘good night and good morning’ more often.’
“I am sorry but I can’t find a heartbeat’ said the sonographer empathically.”
‘My husband and I were never going to have children of our own. The realization was crushing. I entered the OR, and my journey ended.’
“We are still waiting for the phone call that will change our lives. We set up a nursery, hoping we would get lucky. We bought a car seat and stroller, so we were prepared at a moments notice. For now, we wait.”
The Heartbreaking Reality Of Saying Goodbye To My Foster Child
“How do I tell my three boys, whom have formed an incredible bond with her, that their baby sister is leaving?”
‘Our daughter no longer had a heartbeat. I threw up and cried all at once.’: Best friend steps in as surrogate to give heartbroken couple ‘last chance for a baby’
“I will make sure there isn’t a day that goes by our Faith doesn’t know how special she is; how her life gave my life meaning again, and about the very special person who helped give her life.”
‘He was both deaf and blind. That’s when this lovely young woman came into the picture.’: 15-year-old helps stranger aboard flight to make sure ‘his needs were met’
“It was a beautiful reminder, in this time of too much awfulness, that there are still good, good people who are willing to look out for each other.”
They Say You Only Have 18 Summers With Your Kids, And I’m On Number 18
“My head knows this is a good thing, but my heart? It just hurts.”
‘My liver was shutting down. I could no longer carry my pregnancy without serious risk to us both. Everything came crashing down. I had done everything right!’
“Before I could process I had given birth to you, you were placed on my chest and I started crying. The crying that your soul has been fulfilled.”
‘I was part of the ‘human rights violations’ taking place on the border.’ Confessions from a paramedic on the border
“Through the course of my career I have spent, off and on, 15 years working as a medic on the border.”
Having A New Baby Is Like Starting A New Job
“You start off with the three month probation period, the most difficult three months in your career. Your boss is basically a jerk. He told you the hours were flexible and ‘family friendly,’ but what he meant was you’d be working overnight without double time or a toilet break.”
‘We were only together a few months when I changed jobs. I quit because they weren’t treating me fairly. I was young and stupid.’
“‘Men don’t just quit their jobs, Brad… they find something else first and they stick it out. That’s just what adults do.’ She was worried because I wasn’t.”
‘He’s crushed and I’m dying laughing’: Dad hilariously replies to daughter’s tweet about his ‘disbelief, anger’ over Red Hot Chili Peppers concert instead being ‘PIPERS’
“I was driving around Evansville, Indiana, and saw a billboard for what I thought was the Red Hot Chili Peppers coming to The Victory Theatre in August. I didn’t get a great look at the billboard.”
‘I blurted out what first came to mind; I would have an abortion.’: Woman has miscarriage, prays for rainbow baby, ‘Those 10 days changed me forever’
“We watched our butterfly kind of stumble around a bit, until we said, ‘Mommy loves you,’ and ‘Daddy loves you’ The butterfly flew away into an overcast sky.”
‘My half-brother became an orphan at 2 years old, and was finally adopted after 458 days, by me – his sister.’: Sister adopts younger brother after father passes
“Easton attended the second most monumental funeral of his life before he could even talk in full sentences. He became an orphan, unexpectedly, in only 12 days. He’s now a brother to 4 sisters whom he is biologically the uncle of!”
‘I was an emotional blob who couldn’t peel myself off my couch’: After miscarriages, postpartum depression, mom loses 100 pounds ‘not for wife me, not mom me, but ME’
“During my depression, at its worst, I was sure I would be on an episode of ‘My 600-lb Life’ by the time I was 35. I am so glad I made a U-Turn in the right direction and I have made the changes to be a better me, wife, and mother.”