“It is possible to feel both confident and sad in your decision about being done having babies.”
When Growing Your Family Comes To An End
Autism Is Sad, But I Am Not
“That urge to peek at the last page of my story has gone away. My heart feels secure. I am ok not with autism, but certainly with Sadie.”
It’s Time To Stop Telling Women Struggling With Fertility To ‘Just Relax’
“It’s okay if you don’t understand what it feels like for them.”
Son Hilariously Pees During Marriage Proposal
We have to give Owen props for his timing.
An Open Letter to My First Born
“Nine years is a long time to be ‘the only’ and you’ve been so much more than my only- you’ve been my every.”
‘We’re labeled ‘career women.’ It’s assumed we’re ‘being too picky.’ Passing by a new mother and her infant would rattle my womb.’: 42-year-old says ‘I have to defend why I’m not a mother when it’s all I ever wanted’
“When you’re over 35 and heartbroken over a breakup with the guy you hoped would be ‘the one’ or watch your close friends go on to their second or third pregnancy, it’s unbearable. The grief over never becoming a mother is one I will never get over.”
How a stranger reminded me that raising little ones is magical
I didn’t notice her at first. It was Saturday morning at McDonald’s. I was in the midst of cutting up …
‘What I would want from my grieving children if I was gone on Mother’s Day’
“Watching my husband die was awful. And it was horrifying. But now, being a single mom is really scary.”
When Dementia Steals Mother’s Day
“Since that time I have been going through the motions of mourning the loss of my mother. Although she is still with us in body, she has passed away emotionally and cognitively long ago.”
‘I’ll get to her outfit later’: Daughter’s humorous attempt getting her mom with dementia to the doctor
“I get her in the car and I said, ‘Good job mom, you did great.’ She replied, ‘It was loud. I know they heard me yelling, ‘Get me the hell out of here.'”
‘I used to think adoption was so happy and beautiful.’
“I didn’t know or realize or want to see that just because we’re a forever family doesn’t mean that the past won’t be a part of that forever.”
‘My 8-year-old daughter has autism, one child walked off, refusing to take part in the lesson because my daughter was on her team.’
“Does she have to be on our team?”
To The Woman In The Target Parking Lot On The Day Of The Sandy Hook Shooting: I Will Never Forget Your Kindness
“We were in the dairy aisle, just about ready to check out when my phone rang. It was my sister calling to tell me there’d been a shooting at Sandy Hook, the elementary school where my mom was the principal. I didn’t know yet that she had been killed.”
‘Alyssa Rachael, did you send him pictures of YOURSELF!? It was supposed to be of your car!’
“As you can see, I didn’t send pictures of my car…I sent him pictures of myself!🙃”
‘I looked at my little brother, knowing he was gone.’: Man’s letter to friends, dealers of brother who lost his life to drug abuse
“How badly I want you to use his life to turn yours around.”
My Daughter Ended Her Life Because Of Social Media Bullying
“We must manage, oversee, and parent our children’s social media use.”
‘He had passed away at home and their dog Sadie would not leave his side.’
“This picture screams ‘man’s best friend.’ more than a thousand photos of the family dog chasing a ball or swimming in the local lake.”
‘My lung function dropped. ‘You can do this. Please hold on, this will end.’ Two strangers became the most important people in my life.’: 23-year-old bravely details donor journey through cystic fibrosis
“My body became extremely frail as I continually lost weight. I was relying on a feeding tube for my nutrition because I was too sick to eat. My breaths became so shallow to the point where I was totally bedridden, gasping for air day in and day out. My anxiety increased to an entirely different level.”
There Were Times I Wished I Could Quit Being A Stepmom
“I went through several years in my stepmom role trying way too hard, beating myself up at every perceived failure, and ultimately reaching my breaking point multiple times.”
‘Just dropped a full soda with someone in stall next to me. All over their shoes. Sitting here in silence waiting it out.’
“I run my Amazon Movie Reviews account on my bathroom breaks and didn’t want the ice to melt so I stupidly took a large soda with me.”
‘He said if I wanted, we could get married that night.’ Woman battling Lupus gets engagement and wedding on same night
“The second I realized we could be married then, all of the shakiness and shock went away.”
The Trouble With Our Teachers
“It’s not that they don’t give a hoot.”
The stay-at-home mom conspiracy theory
Why didn’t anyone tell me this would be so hard?
‘I am Groot’ Student gets 95/100 on epic resumé/cover letter assignment; repeating famous Marvel catchphrase hundreds of times
Name: I am Groot
Objective: I am Groot
Activities: I am Groot
‘Be My Beauty?’ Special needs prom-proposal at Disney World is the ‘best day ever’
“According to Abigail it was ‘A dream come true!’”