“Preparing for surgery can be overwhelming emotionally and physically, especially when it’s your first surgery. These are the primary lessons I have learned throughout the years when facing a scheduled hospitalization.”
6 Key Things When Preparing for Surgery or Scheduled Hospitalization
It’s Time To Replace Mom Guilt With Self-Forgiveness
“Why forgive our children, our partners, or anyone else in our lives, but never ourselves?”
No One Talks About The Messy Parts Of Miscarriage, So I’m Standing Up
“Why doesn’t anyone tell you these are choices you will have to make? Why doesn’t anyone speak up?”
‘Last week, I got a phone call from Michael’s Spanish teacher. She wanted to tell me how emotional my son had made her.’: Mom shocked, proud of son’s amazing act of kindness, ‘He has the biggest heart’
“She had a death within her family and had gone to the funeral the previous day.”
To The Sweet Friend Who Chose To Uplift Me, Not Knowing I Was Vulnerable, Thank You
“I am not weak, I am tired.”
‘I could perpetuate the cycle or I could give my babies better.’: Mom urges others to break the cycle of generational trauma, ‘We can create change’
“Wherever you sit in your place of motherhood, you have a path. Take it in stride. Honor yourself in this journey.”
Whatever You Do, However You Treat Them, To Them, It Is Love — So Teach Them Well
“And one day, when someone else treats them the way you treated them, they will say, ‘This is love.’ So teach them well. No matter what you were taught yourself.”
Elderly Man Makes Thousands Of Pocket-Sized Hearts To Give Away
“You’ll find Lanny putting in a full day’s work inside the woodshop, so everyone has a pocket-sized reminder of how much they are loved.”
‘If you’ve ever wondered what love looks like, it’s this.’: Mom shares touching and humorous ‘DadDash’ co-parenting story, ‘He’s one of my best friends’
“Kyle shopped (a thing he hates) on his day off from kids, in the middle of the night, to help keep me sane. The interaction was minimal. But the impact was incredible.”
Why I No Longer Stress Holidays As An Autism Mom
“We celebrate the magic of special days in our house all year long.”
‘At 14, my menstrual cycle stopped and my stomach grew. How can I tell my mother?’: Teen mom overcomes grief, addiction to get three degrees and raise daughter
“I want young moms and people who are going through a hard season to know it is okay to start over. You are not going to get everything right, and there is power in knowing it. You are not weak. It takes more strength to acknowledge where you are and make a change to improve your life.”
‘Make sure she takes it every morning, please.’ I stood back, absolutely mortified. I was the weirdo kid who had to take medication.’: Woman shares life with ADHD
“Even as a child, I could feel the stigma permeate into my brain from books and TV shows. I knew this made me weird. I thought I could be like everyone else if I just tried harder.”
Let Them Feel The Love They So Fiercely Reflect Back To You — Let Them Be Little
“Let them be little. And let yourself rest in the fleeting.”
8 Key Tips To Carry Grief
“I began to think of my own death constantly. I’d even envision my own funeral. I’d get upset that I wasn’t going to be there. I want to provide the cushion that my brother couldn’t give me when he died.”
To The New Mom, Staring At Another Positive Pregnancy Test
“When people ask about having kids close in age, I say the same thing every time.”
5 Key Tips To Help You Thrive With A Chronic Illness
“Your doctors will tell you it’s in your head or to lose weight. Your friends will tell you to buy this or that and it’ll be your cure. Your family will think you’re an attention seeker. Your job will terminate you because you are always sick.”
5 Powerful Tips To Overcome Abuse
“For years, I had every example showing me abuse as how life was supposed to be. So, when I met him, it felt normal. What I should have been saying was that I deserve better.”
‘He rebuilt me. He believed in me, just as I was. No conditions. No numbers. No sizes. All soul.’: Woman urges ‘find your Jesse’
“Throughout my life, many people told me I was too big. Too pretty to carry so much weight. That I was missing out on life because of ‘all that weight.’ And I believed it for so damn long. But not anymore. Not even for a damn second.”
It’s Okay To Not Want To Be A Mom Some Days—You Are Not A Monster
“It doesn’t mean we are ungrateful, selfish, or broken.”
I Will Teach My Daughter To Be Unafraid To Take Up Space In This World
“And then I will sit back and watch her become the strong woman she was always meant to become, all because she was unafraid.”
‘Every life matters, no matter how big or small.’: Teeny turtle with exposed heart defies the odds
“Hope has impacted my life in so many ways, it actually makes me emotional.”
‘Why would I be ashamed of something that betters my quality of life?’ This question changed my whole perspective.’: Woman with unknown disability shares her self-love journey
“I never wanted pictures taken. I never felt ‘pretty enough’ to fit in.”
Formerly Homeless Man Crochets 8 Hours A Day For ‘Project Warm-Up’
“I’ve slept in people’s garages, parking lots, back porches. I wouldn’t wish it on anybody. If I can help someone in a small way, I’m 100% in.”
My First Mammogram Absolutely Saved My Life, Yours Could Too
“This is very hard to admit, but I put off my first mammogram for 4 years from the first time my doctor brought it up. I ignored the repeated requests over and over. I’d brush it off and do the, ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah… I know, I know.’ Did I ever go? Nope.”
‘She created a series of dolls to give representation to the least represented.’: Mom creates diversity dolls so her daughters can celebrate all differences
“Then something unexpected happened. A person neither of us knew reached out, wondering if they could have a doll made specifically for their niece who had a vascular anomaly. The auntie wanted to show her niece she should be proud of who she is and being different is powerful.”