“I am still in shock that our little boy was sleeping on my lap, throwing the football, running around with the dog and just starting to show as being sick. And today he is on life support,” his mother wrote when the harrowing ordeal began.
3-year-old who battled traumatic complications from FLU-like symptoms FINALLY heads home after 44 days
This Nurse Calmed My Terrified 9-Year-Old Down From A Seizure With Kindness
“I never imagined they would actually do it, but a little while later, a child life specialist showed up at the door with sparkly polish.”
My 6-Year-Old’s ‘Growing Pains’ Turned Out To Be Cancerous Leg Tumors
“My mind started to spin. How could a boy be running and playing every day with that big of a tumor?”
‘I will love this baby unconditionally’: Family’s emotional plea for a birth mother to adopt to them
“My body isn’t allowing me this chance to do it on my own, although my heart has been ready for 6.5 years.”
Lovebirds Married 55 Years Recreate Night They First Met At Steak ‘N Shake In 1962
“He first called my friend and asked her for a date, but she said, ‘No thank you.’ Elmer then called me. I was annoyed and unsure about this Elmer guy, but I gave him a chance and said, ‘Okay, why not.’”
‘The most POWERFUL moment.’: 6-year-old son BAWLS his eyes out watching mom walk down the aisle
“My sweet, soulful oldest baby boy was sharing in on this moment so deeply, with us. Taking in every breath, right along with us!”
‘It took my breath away.’: Mom uses shattered mirror as beautiful lesson of love
“It’s not the breaking that matters, the how or why. What matters is how we choose to respond to the broken-ness.”
I Had A C-Section, And It Was Beautiful
“You aren’t having a baby for the 12 hours of labor ending with a beautiful natural birth. You are having a baby for the beautiful lifetime you get to spend loving him.”
‘Life is just too short.’: Lawyer mom gives up high-powered career to pursue painting ultrasounds
“Being an attorney paid the bills, but doing these baby ultrasound paintings feeds the soul.”
The Day I Finally Asked For Help (From A Mom Who Experienced Postpartum Depression)
“Experiencing postpartum depression didn’t mean I didn’t love my baby. I was asking for help BECAUSE I loved my baby.”
2-Pound Baby Who Defied NICU Odds Now 17-Pound ‘Ball Of Sass’
“Having a child in the NICU is terrifying. You don’t know what the road ahead holds as your tiny child fights to live.”
After loss, widower groom overcome with emotion seeing his 77-year-old bride walk down the aisle
“After supporting one another through the passing of each of their spouses, their friendship blossomed into a deep love.”
How A Routine Eye Exam I Almost Skipped Saved My Daughter’s Life
“It turns out the eyes are a window to the brain.”
Tan Skin Isn’t Worth It (Take It From Me, A Skin Cancer Survivor)
“Never ever did I think this would happen to me.”
‘The legacy would continue’: 3 generations of women wear diamond ring found on family farm
“One day near that old tire swing, I was playing in the dirt and I saw something that made me curious. It was a small, round piece of metal and as I cleared some soil around it, I realized it was a ring.”
Motherhood Is The Hardest Love You’ll Ever Know
“Today I went to a baby shower. Every mother there had their own heavy story to tell, had their own bags under their eyes packed with sleeplessness and exhaustion. But all they could say or write in the card is ‘you’re going to experience the greatest love you’ve ever known…’”
‘We all GASPED. This perfect, beautiful, tiny baby was completely encapsulated in his sac.’
“In the hustle of labor, I witnessed a moment that I will never forget. A moment that left me awe struck.”
‘There was no turning back.’: Mom builds magical hidden room through teen’s closet
“As an only child, I had magical thoughts and feelings about hidden worlds that were there if you just looked hard enough.”
‘I can’t stop staring’: Everyone is freaking out about this dog with a human face
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Emotional Moment Firstborn Meets Newborn Sister
“You’ll love your momma so much more because she gave you a sister, who is going to love you like crazy, too.”
HELLO WORLD! Baby arrives after 4 DAYS OF LABOR
“I had been ready for the ‘go call’ for four days now… I was exhausted and I wasn’t even the one in labor.”
How One Teen’s Wrong Text Led To Thousands Of Dollars Being Donated To A Boy With Leukemia
“I opened up the text to see a young lady in a dress asking for an opinion on how she looked.”
There Is Only One Person Who Can Convince Me I’m A Good Mom
“She sees me with all my selfishness. She sees me with all my self-doubt. She sees me when I do the hard thing, and when I take the short cuts.”
‘SHE PULLED THE BABY OUT HERSELF!’ Midwife delivers her own ‘monumental’ C-section birth
“What’s more exciting than pulling out your own baby if you also don’t know the sex?”
Yes, I Literally Can Feel Your Pain: What It’s Like To Have Mirror-Touch Synesthesia
“If someone was hurting, I couldn’t let it go. It hurt me too, even if I didn’t know what the other person was upset about.”