“Not even leaving to go to the restroom, I didn’t want to miss a moment if she woke up. She never did. I left that day after saying hello and goodbye to the one person I couldn’t reach. It was such a rush to get up there and such a let down when leaving, and all within a few hours of each other.”
‘In hospice for weeks, she never woke up. ‘Maybe she’s waiting for something.’ I read the email again, out of breath.’: Adoptee reunites with birth mom, finds siblings right before her passing
‘Goodnight Bubs, I love you.’ She signed ‘I love you’ and he signed it back for the first time.’: Mom shares touching moment between son with nonverbal autism and sibling
“She sat on the end of the bed and cried.”
Sometimes, All A Mama Really Needs Is To Break
“Because a mama’s job is to keep it together. Herself and everything else, all the time. She bends for everyone, but must always pull herself up before she breaks.”
‘My kids are annoying. I love them, but oh man do they get on my nerves.’: Stay-at-home mom hilariously shares parenting confessions
“My food is ‘spicy.’ The Easter bunny, Santa, and the tooth fairy are real. I don’t know why the annoying toy louder than a blow horn suddenly doesn’t work anymore. No, we don’t have batteries to replace them either.”
‘It feels like forever ago that it was just us—who we were when we fell in love and when that love was the only love we knew.’: Wife shares how marriage has changed with time
“We sat at a bar booth, ordered wine and split food. We lingered longer and we talked, about more than a day’s worth of usual. And for a few minutes, it felt like before, when ‘us’ meant the two of us, and not the four of us.”
81-Year-Old’s Dog Saves Him From Drowning After Wheelchair Slides Into Lake
“She’s such a good dog. I love her! Always have, always will.”
‘I imagined being among the living again, crawling out of the cave called stay-at-home motherhood.’: Mom shares frustrations trying to re-enter the workforce
“I imagined adult interactions and a brand new enthusiasm for human contact. I imagined being defined by my career. Then, just as quickly, I imagined being defined by a lack of one.”
‘I am a better mom when I put myself first every morning.’: Mom urges ‘never underestimate the power of self-care’
“Your self-worth doesn’t revolve around how clean your house is, how many activities you do with your kids, or how many meals you make from scratch.”
10 Things I’ve Learned Living In An RV
“While it’s everything we’ve wanted for so long, it does have its challenges.”
‘One day, you’ll find that to-do list is trivial in comparison. You’ll wish you could go back and rock your baby a bit longer.’: Mom of boys with incurable disease shares letter to younger self
“Those moments that may seem ordinary, or even exhausting to you now, will someday stand out in your mind as incredibly precious memories and not at all ordinary.”
‘TWINS?! How can this be? We transferred one embryo! But with this amazing news came another blow.’: Woman battling infertility, PCOS has miracle twin girls
“I began bleeding so heavily I passed out and my husband called 911. My blood pressure was so low they wanted to take me via ambulance to the hospital. We had already accumulated enough bills and were paying on the loans for all our procedures. We were doubly blessed.”
After Years Of Searching For A Partner, I Wrote My Own Fairytale And Became A Single Mom By Choice
“What would you do if you knew you were destined to be a mother but hadn’t met the person you could envision raising children with? This was the predicament I found myself in at the age of 38.”
‘You don’t feel good again, Mom?’ How do you explain to children what an autoimmune condition is?’: Mom with 2 autoimmune diseases shares how she took her life back
“‘It’s okay, mommy’s get tired too.’ He was right, I was tired. But it went beyond mom tired.”
To My Son With Autism: I Will Never Stop Trying To Give You All You Deserve
“You have taught me the true meaning of being a father and what love looks like. I strive every day to be even better for you.”
47 Job Applications Later, And Not A Single Company Called Back After The Pregnancy Talk
“I was eager and professionally prepared. I even heard comments about my ‘impressive resume.’ And yet, once they expressed interest in me and I disclosed my pregnancy, I was either ghosted or hit with the ‘please apply again after your maternity leave.'”
‘My birth mom said, ‘I don’t know who your father is. I was dating a man while I had an affair with an attorney and a fling with a friend back then.’: Adoptee details search for birth father
“He looked me dead in the eye and coldly asked, ‘What do you want from me?’ I replied, ‘I just want you to take a DNA test so I can have some closure and know where I came from.’ When the results came back my jaw about hit the floor.”
‘They’re just better at being best friends,’ my daughter interjected. We’re still a family, just not a couple.’: Mom shares parenting journey through divorce
“’I’m done. I don’t want to be his wife anymore.’ I knew I couldn’t be a wife to him anymore, but I was so scared of losing my best friend.”
Dear Infertility, You Will Never Stop Me From Trying For My Miracle
“I know my time is coming.”
To My Abusive Parents: Because Of You, I Will Live Life With An Abundance Of Love
“I was the little girl whose story no one knew. The little girl who hid in closets. My screams for help were never heard outside the four walls of my home. And yet, I am living proof you can heal.”
‘It’s not the same. Domestic duties have doubled. Our time is divided. But somehow it’s easier, more comfortable, complete.’: Wife shares beauty of marriage, parenting despite sacrifices
“The spare time we used to cash in on live music and overnight trips, we now spend crunching finances and wishing we could sleep. But watching you be a dad is by far my favorite.”
It’s My Wish For Every Mama To See Herself In The Eyes Of Her Children — To See Herself As Perfect
“To see the chicken nugget slingin’, craft makin’, play-date-planning friend who never lets them down.”
‘Do my eyebrows look okay?’ My poor, sweet, innocent mom was trying so hard to hold on to this one small piece of herself.’: Woman reflects on mom’s Alzheimer’s journey, urges ‘one day at a time’
“When my mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, no one told me something as simple as an eyebrow pencil would have the ability to break my heart someday.”
‘Oh my word,’ cried my mom when she saw me for the first time since I left for university. I’d lost almost 25% of my body weight.’: Woman candidly shares lifelong journey with eating disorders
“I’m not hungry all the time. I don’t dream about food anymore. I’m certainly not perfect, but I am happy.”
‘Tonight, like every night, I got to kiss my boys goodnight and tuck them in. My heart breaks for the families who don’t get to.’: Mom reacts to recent attacks on Ukraine
“I won’t pretend to know more than I do about what’s happening on the other side of the world. But I do know children are having their childhoods ripped from them. And that is NEVER OK in my book.”
My Mom Sends Me Winks From Heaven In The Form Of Ladybugs
“I didn’t know such a small, seemingly insignificant bug had the power to bring me to tears – but that’s the power of love. She’s been with me all along.”