Love What Matters

‘They have no idea I’m graduating.’: Son’s incredible surprise for parents after he vowed to ‘never disappoint them again’

“They thought they were posing for a family photo shoot for a project… little did they know it was my graduation announcement.”

‘Our doctors have told us to go home and make memories.’: Dad’s desperate plea for terminally ill daughter whose cancer treatments stopped working

“Nothing could actually be wrong with my child right? That just happens to other people’s children; not mine.”

foster mom holds an infant girl over her shoulder

I Am Much More Than JUST The Foster Parent

“Let me share with you ‘just’ what I really am.”

‘I picked up every pregnancy test. ‘I’d be ashamed if I was your father. You should be more careful.’ I wanted to jump down his throat.’: Woman battling infertility finally gets ‘miracle baby’ after miscarriage

“I became a ‘peeing on a stick’ addict. I nervously walked up to the counter and placed them down hoping to not be judged. Lo and behold, the cashier was a 16-year-old boy who clearly had no clue he was about to spark a fire in me. ‘I’m trying to have a child and it’s not easy for my husband and me.’ I was 28 years old, how on earth could this be real?”

‘You’re a beautiful woman and no matter who you become, I love you.’: Transgender woman shares grandma’s words of acceptance, ‘It was one of the happiest moments of my life’

“You’ve always been so kind and sensitive. Now I see femininity in those memories. I’m proud of you for recognizing who you are and living as your true self.”

‘I struggled enormously with how to love a baby who was going to die’: Mom’s grief over losing her ‘proudest accomplishment’ after only 444 days

“The day after she turned seven months old, we took her home from hospital again. I didn’t realize this at the time, but this was the day she smiled at me for the last time.”

‘She saved my life.’: Teen sexual abuse survivor credits pregnancy for being ‘guiding light’ to graduate

“The second I saw that beautiful face I realized I had meaning in this world. The struggles, worries and doubt faded away, and at that very second I knew we were going to be okay.”

football player sits with boy with autism

Sometimes I’m Grateful My Son Has Autism

“That may sound like a terrible thing to say, but in some ways, I think, I hope, it shields him.”

toddler aged boy leans forward with toys and water bottle in front of him

12 Experiments To Test If You’re Ready To Have Kids

“If all of this sounds like something you’d like to be a part of, then you are ready to be a parent!”

‘Oh my gosh I’m going to die’: Woman saves her own life with stunning, 231 pound weight loss transformation

“I never thought I would go from 356 pounds to 125 pounds.”

The silent tragedy affecting today’s children

“Our children are in a devastating emotional state! Talk to teachers and professionals who have been working in the field for the last 15 years.”

I am falling in love with someone who has a mental disease

“What he needs is someone who won’t go away, just like people have gone away when I have told them about my illness.”

young girl in pink costume dress blowing dandelion

It’s The Final Weeks Of School Before Summer, And I No Longer Give Any Sh*ts

“I am done with that mess now. See also: the signing of reading logs, the reading of important papers, the forcing my children to take showers, and the packing of nutritious lunches.”

‘This perfect, precious little girl, in one itty bitty moment, completed our family, healed my heart, and made us parents’

“She was placed in my arms and I knew without a doubt that it had always been her. All of the hard and messy and ugly, for her.”

‘She has NEVER said a word. We have been building to this moment for 5 years.’ Mom’s moment with non-verbal autistic daughter

“I whipped around and asked her ‘Did you just say Mama?’ and she laughed then said it again!”

‘Eating was encouraged’: Man drops a whopping 77 pounds after deciding ‘enough is enough’ about being a ‘very fat kid’

“I had never kissed a girl, I was scared to meet people out of fear of what they’d think of me, I refused to look at photos I was in because I felt disgusted. It was time to make a change.”

‘Perhaps one day a mom won’t have to adopt her own child.’: Interracial LGBTQ couple explains hurdles of becoming a mom

“If I can show them Kim and I are just two normal people who fell deeply in love and just needed someone to share it with, then perhaps one day these questions will stop.”