“He said, ‘Something is wrong with Wyatt.’ I open the shower curtain and see him holding my son out. I thought his neck was broken.”
‘I was punched in the face by a man who claimed to ‘love me so much.’ Then he said, ‘Now I’m going to call my mom to let her finish the job.’: Woman’s son survives shaken baby syndrome, ‘He is a survivor for a reason’
‘Today I yelled. My kids tromped dirt all through my freshly cleaned hardwood and filled our sparkling, sanitized tub with a thick coating of brown. Friends, I yelled. I did.’
“And then I looked at my blue-eyed, dirty-headed baby girl just smiling from ear to ear.”
‘I started easy. I bought smaller plates.’ Mom loses 100 pounds doing this ‘her way’ because ‘wine night will still happen’
“Suddenly I had teenagers, was divorced and alone, and looking to buy size 22 jeans. All of this really rocked my world, to put it mildly. It was time to get my power back.”
‘He had been diagnosed with cancer and wouldn’t make it to her wedding. She immediately made a decision to fly down there – wedding dress in tow – for his first chemo session.’
“I got the text, ‘My dad passed away this evening. I will treasure these forever.’ I couldn’t move. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING compared to the way her dad looked at her in that dress.”
28 Years After Divorce, My Dad Still Mows My Mom’s Lawn
“This is co-parenting.”
‘My daughter was knocked out. Joking, I asked if she was breathing. Until I felt no movement.’: Mom loses daughter to undiagnosed childhood diabetes
“Her blood sugar level was in the 500s. How could she have died from a disease thousands of people manage? My baby had undiagnosed Type 1 Diabetes. I could not comprehend.”
‘It’s amazing how many mothers beat themselves up. When you ask what support they have, what village they have, they can’t define it.’
“When you feel depressed and lonely, think about it, where’s your village?”
Why Parents Of Trans Kids Are A SPECIAL Kind Of Tired
“It’s different than most versions of tired.”
‘My son was 4 days from 8 months old. Never one health concern. Then, just like that, he was gone.’: Mom finally celebrates her late son’s birthday after losing him to SIDS
“I collapsed on my front lawn. I begged God to take me instead, to wake me up from this nightmare. How did my healthy, perfect boy fall asleep for a nap and not wake up? I sobbed over how he’d never have a first birthday. But I decided we’d celebrate anyway.”
‘The hospital had never seen anyone like him. They said he wouldn’t walk, he may even have fetal alcohol syndrome, but he needed a home, TODAY.’: Mom adopts special needs son
“Child waiting in hospital for 2.5 months, can’t find placement. Has no femur bones and is medically fragile. We made our decision, but what would our friends and family think of us?”