“I looked at my husband and said, ‘Do you think he’s ready?’ ‘I think he’s ready,’ he said with a smile.”
‘Wait. You’re Santa? Santa’s not real?’: Mom shares sweet moment son discovers truth about Santa
‘Last week, the man of my dreams and father of my two beautiful children told me he was done.’: Couple work to amend their relationship while living separately, ‘Our kids get two homes and double the love’
“After a week of anger and hurt, I’m embracing change and love in all forms.”
An Open Letter To Moms Struggling With Postpartum Anxiety
“I’d see other moms with their babies who seemed carefree. They’d lay them down and do the dishes while their baby looked around happily, and I’d wonder why I couldn’t do that. They’d whip their boob out and feed their baby easily as I’d check the clock, dreading feeding time.”
‘How could it be?’: Ex-prisoner turned hero proves ‘you can do good’ after rescuing runaway baby walking into busy highway
“Just as well as you can do bad, you can do good.”
‘Three little blankets tell the entire story of your life. I press them into me, anxiously searching for your leftover scent.’: Mom mourns 6-day-old baby who died of rare metabolic disorder
“I find myself anxiously searching for your leftover scent which might still be lingering in the fabric. If I’m lucky, I’ll find it.”
‘Will I really spend the rest of my life in such agony? Will I go to bed every night shocked and grateful we survived another day?’: Mom shares important difference between grief and mourning
“When I learned to separate grief and mourning, it brought me peace and hope.”
It’s Time To Talk About The Emotions Of Being A Stay-At-Home Mother
“While it is rewarding, I didn’t expect it to be this tough. While it is tough, it is the best thing I could have done for our family.”
‘After 5 months of taking care of a baby, stacking credit hours, and barely seeing each other, we insisted on not walking for graduation.’: Wife talks sacrificing for marriage and family
“Ryan would go to school during the day, drive home, hand me the keys, I’d hand him the baby, and I’d go to school at night. He got to do dad duty with an exclusively breastfed baby (who often refused a bottle) during the time we all aptly call ‘the witching hour.'”
‘I was in a hypervigilant state, constantly thinking of negative scenarios. I couldn’t shut my mind off.’: Therapy dog saves first responder battling addiction, anxiety
“I had a lot of worry and anxiety. My only release was to take a painkiller. When the dogs came in, it made me forget it all.”
‘They told me I was bossy, stupid, and difficult. I always felt lost and misunderstood.’: Woman diagnosed with Autism discovers new meaning to life
“I tortured myself with the fear of not getting any answers. After all the years of feeling lost, feeling different, feeling like an outsider, I felt liberated.”
‘I don’t like crafts. I don’t like coming up with ideas or gathering supplies. Yet, I’ve spent the better part of a decade crafting.’: Mom reflects on the sacrificial love of motherhood
“Through the simple act of laying out some pieces and guiding his hands, he felt heard. Through some words of encouragement and praise, he felt seen. When we hung it up for all to admire and I asked him what he wanted to make next, he felt known.”
‘I couldn’t believe it.’: Hero teen saves 8-year-old little brother trapped underneath fallen tree
Robert’s brother, Neithan Morales, didn’t hesitate to come to his rescue.
It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of Year (For Some)—Grace Can Make All The Difference
“For some, the family gathering is a blessing to be cherished. For others, there’s a missing seat at the table, or enough anxiety to spark a flame.”
‘What do you see in this photo? A family enjoying their holiday traditions? A mother’s joy for her baby’s and toddler’s first magical Christmas? A happy family?’: Mom shares battle with postpartum depression
“I bet what you don’t see is a mom who’s quietly dealing with her own inner battle. I bet you can’t see how even though she is truly joyful in this moment on the outside, inside she feels like she can’t quite seem to come up for air.”
‘They gave me the love I’ve never received.’: Man adopted by loving family he sold vehicle to at car dealership after taken from birth family, neglected by 1st adoptive family
“No one ages out of needing the love of a family.”
‘That angel. She is our hero.’: Woman’s ‘gut instinct’ leads to kidnapped 3-year-old’s safe return
“She will forever be a part of our lives.”
16 Stunning Christmas Gifts To Shower Your Friends With Love
There’s something for everyone!
Childbirth Is No Joke And Paid Leave Is Not A Vacation
“We are sending women bleeding, swollen, in stitches, in agony, back to offices across this country. We are sending infants to exorbitantly expensive, overworked, understaffed childcare centers.”
‘Forever, that’s how long I’ll be in love with you.’: Man serenades wife with original love song in middle of restaurant
“After 43 years of marriage, our love writes its own song.”
‘I send them to school with stains. We eat dinner in front of the TV. We make noise, a lot of it, and we like our pasta best slurped.’: Mom urges ‘dance to the beat of your own family’s drum’
“While I’ll probably always forget to enforce deodorant and matching socks, I love my kids with every freakin’ fiber of my anxiety-ridden being, and not an hour goes by without offering up a hug, a kiss, a carry, a handhold, or supportive comment.”
15 ‘Illegally Smol’ Kittens Who Make The World’s Cutest Criminals
Each picture is cuter than the last.
‘The phone rang. ‘Would you be comfortable creating portraits of an unusual family?’: Stunning photos of LGBT, transracial family prove ‘beautiful families are bound by love, not DNA’
“She explained, ‘We are a lesbian couple with adopted African American twins. Sadly, the times make it hard for many people like us to feel comfortable going to anyone for things like this. There is a lot of judgment in the world and I had to tell you about our family dynamics to make sure we would be safe with you.'”
‘Girls don’t belong in baseball.’: 9-year-old cut from co-ed sports team for being female MVP takes her game to the next level
“Ashlynn represents many girls who love baseball and yet were told they should quit because they were girls. Ashlynn shows that when you don’t give up and keep working hard, dreams can come true.”
5 Things You Should Never Say To A Special Needs Parent (And What To Say Instead)
“‘You are an amazing parent, I can’t imagine how you do it.’ Ah, an all-time classic.”
‘My mom always washed the dishes. My dad always dried them. No matter if he worked 16 hours that day or not.’: Daughter to 41-year-old marriage urges ‘consistency’ is key to lasting love
“I’m sure there were days they were mad at each other, annoyed, stressed, or tired from a long day at work…but they still washed/dried the dishes together. As a kid, I didn’t think much about it. But as a 33-year-old standing in the kitchen I grew up in, that small gesture looked completely different.”