“With a toddler and a newborn in the house, things are the realest they have ever been.”
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“With a toddler and a newborn in the house, things are the realest they have ever been.”
“He said, ‘Ma’am, would you like to be my chauffeur tomorrow for my girlfriend’s prom?’ I smiled because I liked his gutsy move and his charm. I decided without anything other than gut instinct to turn the car around and go talk to this kid. His name, I learned, was Jonathan.”
“I always knew I was adopted. I don’t know how, but I knew. I went up to my room and sat on the floor for hours, sifting through letter after letter, card after card. Seeing photos of my birth mom, her husband, and other children. They all looked happy and fulfilled. The box triggered a tidal wave of emotions I’d bottled up for 18 years.”
“It’s okay to forget when you showered last or heck, choose sleep OVER showering.”
“I see them sitting there taunting me on the steering wheel as I drive, all wrinkly and veiny and old-looking.”
“This is true love. From the heart, from the deepest part of our souls.”
“What if I don’t make it?”
“We only wanted infants. We were young, infertile, not experienced, and weren’t ready for older kids.”
“I watched a video on YouTube with the most handsome guy I had ever seen in my life, telling his story of how he lost over 100 pounds. I HAD to message him.”
“I played into it and said I was always good for cookies and expressed how I wanted some. I then sent a text saying I was just playing along because I thought it was adorable. I shrugged it off. Then a few days later, I got a package.”