“9. Don’t Judge.”
10 Things You Can Do To Help An Autism Family
When Growing Your Family Comes To An End
“It is possible to feel both confident and sad in your decision about being done having babies.”
Autism Is Sad, But I Am Not
“That urge to peek at the last page of my story has gone away. My heart feels secure. I am ok not with autism, but certainly with Sadie.”
It’s Time To Stop Telling Women Struggling With Fertility To ‘Just Relax’
“It’s okay if you don’t understand what it feels like for them.”
Son Hilariously Pees During Marriage Proposal
We have to give Owen props for his timing.
An Open Letter to My First Born
“Nine years is a long time to be ‘the only’ and you’ve been so much more than my only- you’ve been my every.”
‘We’re labeled ‘career women.’ It’s assumed we’re ‘being too picky.’ Passing by a new mother and her infant would rattle my womb.’: 42-year-old says ‘I have to defend why I’m not a mother when it’s all I ever wanted’
“When you’re over 35 and heartbroken over a breakup with the guy you hoped would be ‘the one’ or watch your close friends go on to their second or third pregnancy, it’s unbearable. The grief over never becoming a mother is one I will never get over.”
‘I’ll get to her outfit later’: Daughter’s humorous attempt getting her mom with dementia to the doctor
“I get her in the car and I said, ‘Good job mom, you did great.’ She replied, ‘It was loud. I know they heard me yelling, ‘Get me the hell out of here.'”
To The Woman In The Target Parking Lot On The Day Of The Sandy Hook Shooting: I Will Never Forget Your Kindness
“We were in the dairy aisle, just about ready to check out when my phone rang. It was my sister calling to tell me there’d been a shooting at Sandy Hook, the elementary school where my mom was the principal. I didn’t know yet that she had been killed.”
‘Alyssa Rachael, did you send him pictures of YOURSELF!? It was supposed to be of your car!’
“As you can see, I didn’t send pictures of my car…I sent him pictures of myself!🙃”