“I was bitter, I was losing hope. The home I carefully built and nurtured was destroyed in a burning blaze of rage, violence, and fear. Then, I received a photo in my inbox of a smiling little girl with long eyelashes. I was in love the second I saw her.”
‘It was time to go and get our girl, and NOTHING was going to keep us from bringing her home.’ After violent home invasion, mom embarks on emotional adoption journey to ‘heal’ her broken family
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“When we moved in with my mother, it became clear how far I had fallen. My asthma and allergies were untreated, I was obese, and I slept, drank, and ate far too much.”
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“Kids who feel strongly connected to their parents are more eager to cooperate with them, so it’s worth the effort to enhance that bond. It also just feels great.”
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“We can do both. We can recognize the hard while celebrating the good. We can despise those messy, unrelenting dishes, yet find the blessings hidden underneath.”
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“I got attached, and it has been the greatest pleasure of my entire life.”
‘I snuggled my baby one last time and kissed him goodbye before placing him in the arms of his Mother, Kara.’: Woman documents selfless teen pregnancy journey
“I had to ensure my baby would have the best life I could give him.”
‘You can get pregnant naturally, but it’ll be much harder.’ We had a 2% chance. ‘POSITIVE.’: Mother conceives naturally 3 months after giving birth to IVF baby, ‘The universe works in funny ways’
“‘This is crazy. It’s not possible.’ I took another one. POSITIVE. I felt like I left my body and was in someone else’s life. How did I go from not being able to get pregnant to having two baby girls in one year?”
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“Who are we? Are we family?”
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“Raising children isn’t women’s work. It’s what we signed on to do, together, as a couple.”
‘They’ll never forget how you made them feel.’: Assisted Living employee’s touching account of her Alzheimer’s patients
“The residents may not remember my name, or the activities we did earlier in the day, but they do remember that they were cared for, they remember that someone took the time to listen to them, and they remember that someone looked beyond their debilitating disease and saw a person.”