“To the mom who is so tired she feel likes she can’t function anymore and would do anything to lay down and get the rest she needs.”
To The Mom Hiding In Her Bathroom
This Is What A Knight In Shining Armor Looks Like In Your 40s
“Young ones, watch how he treats you when Instagram isn’t looking.”
Today, I Witnessed A Love Like No Other
“‘I know you can’t hear me,’ he whispered. ‘But, I love you.’ And his tears fell.”
‘Dear You: I am terrified. I am so scared. Because the last time I felt this way, he left. It was out of his control.’
“I will push you away. I will sabotage and pick fights. I will try to get you to leave. I am afraid to feel like everything is out of my control again.”
‘I felt like a complete fake. Do people really think I can do it all and be so carefree?’ Mom’s guilt over juggling career and kids
“Why are we so hard on ourselves? Why do we hold ourselves to standards that no one can attain?”
‘She used to do puzzles, she can’t do them anymore.’: Daughter’s tearful realization about her mother’s dementia
“The mother that did all those things for all of us is now waiting for us to direct her, to hold her so she’s not scared, to make it better when she hurts, and most of all, to love her unconditionally. We have come full circle, and we are ready.”
‘Are you OK with this?’: Mom’s tearful goodbye to her foster son
“He was only supposed to be mine for four months. But then things changed.”
‘I have a stalker. She follows me everywhere, and I worry that she is ruining my life.’
“It wasn’t until I became a mother, that she tried to take complete control of my life.”
‘He is her protector, it’s not my role anymore.’: With daughter in ICU, emotional moment father accepts boyfriend has taken his place
“We always knew Bryan loved her, but we never truly understood the depth of that young love until that day—a day we watched their young love experience a very adult situation.”
The 15 Habits That Raise Responsible Kids
Here are 15 everyday strategies guaranteed to increase your child’s “response-ability” quotient.
‘Autism is isolating’: Mom lays out clear cut ways to help maintain a sense of ‘community’ for severely autistic daughter
“Sadie’s first birthday celebration was standing room only, and her 2nd birthday party was just my family of four. We were alone in this journey.”
‘Staring at my roommate’s firearm, I called my brother in an attempt to save myself from what I thought could be my ultimate way out. Something had to change.’
“Labeling a mental illness can feel embarrassing, demeaning, and vulnerable but labeling my depression ended up giving me the courage to combat it through healthy living.”
To My Birth Mother: I Don’t Think We’ll Ever Meet, But I Already Know You
“I am adopted, and I am so very lucky.”
This Little Blue Pill Is My Lifeline
“Mental illness is a disease. I will die with this disease, but it will not kill me. It will not control how I live.”
10 Quick Ways To Get Out Of A Bad Mood
Something got you down? Here’s how to get back up, and fast.
To the Graduating Class of 2018: ‘Please don’t make the same mistake. Don’t put your family through what we are going through.’
“Our bodies were numb. We immediately felt empty and completely alone inside. ‘How can this nightmare be real?'”
How Having a Child with Special Needs Can Turn You into a Professional Dancer
“My grace on the dance floor becomes effortless with each day and each new encounter.”
‘LOOK! PRINCESS!’ After visiting daughter in NICU, emotional mom thanks real-life prom princess in diner for helping family ‘forget all the troubles of the day’
“Thank you for restoring my faith in strangers… thank you for making my kids happy. And thank you to your prince charming for loaning you to us.”
‘I was in a car accident and my eyeliner didn’t budge.’: Woman shares hilarious eyeliner review from the hospital
“A few people have mentioned to me, ‘How does your eyeliner look so good still?’”
My Student Was Put On An Adoption Site, So I Made Him Part Of My Forever Family
“Without thinking, the words literally just came out of my mouth. I remember calling my husband. ‘There is paperwork in the printer I need you to look at when you come home. I want to adopt a little boy from school,’ I told him. ‘Are you sure?’ ‘I am.’ ‘Then what do I have to do to get the house ready?’ We all agreed, we were doing this.”
Having A Child With Autism Will Affect Your Marriage—Here’s How To Keep It Thriving
“Autism will test all the common stressors of marriage: money, time, parenting, lack of sleep, and even lack of self.”
‘My dad just became one of God’s children at the age of 85!’ Heartwarming moments elderly man is BAPTIZED in courtyard of rehab facility
“What did I just read? My dad wants to be baptized at the age of 85?”
‘My husband deserves the crown’: How my cancer diagnosis changed our marriage
“He’s the glue that binds me to hope. He’s the face I see through my tears every single day.”
As Mothers, We Put EVERYONE’S Needs First
“It’s exhausting.”
Stop Asking Couples When They’re Having Kids
“You never know what’s going on.”