“Whatever happens, whatever they hear, whatever they ask, we are ready. It’s not as complicated as I once imagined. Love is love. And kids understand love.”
‘My father came out to me when I was 28, and he was 49’: How mom handled her dad’s gay marriage with her kids
My Mental Illness Makes It Hard To Be Loved
“I don’t need someone to tell me what to do or how to do it when it comes to depression or anxiety. All I want—all I truly want—is someone to just to love me through it.”
My Kids Are Not An Inconvenience (For You)
“I will not apologize for having kids, and I won’t apologize for my kids being…kids.”
Dear Middle School Son: I Have A Few Things I’d Like You To Know
“You were designed perfectly, imperfect. You will make mistakes. Do and say dumb things. Have some regrets. But, you will also overcome.”
‘My hero doesn’t wear a cape, he wears flannel’: Farmer’s daughter brings him to tears with touching wedding day tribute
“Although I knew getting married wouldn’t change me being his little girl, and him my hero, something about him ‘giving me away’ was so hard to swallow.”
‘She lifted her head and said, ‘I hate foster care.’’: Foster mother shares candid look inside system
“We packed her up, kissed her forehead, and watched as she left our home and lives forever. My eight year daughter lay in my arms, sobbing. ‘We’re never going to see her again.'”
I Was The Perfect Mom, Until I Had Kids
“That’s when I saw you. A beautiful young woman who presumably doesn’t yet have children of her own. Another perfect (albeit, kidless) mom, just as I had been once upon a time. I recognized the look in your eyes.”
My 13-Year-Old Son Has Been Acting A Little Entitled Lately, So I Humbled Him
“He was making snarky comments about kids at school who shop at the Goodwill, and quite a few other things. I don’t tolerate that.”
Why I No Longer Tell My Child To Be Inclusive And Kind
“This child was verbally putting my child down. This child was harassing my daughter to the point that HER PEERS felt uncomfortable.”
Mom says she’s had an epidural needle stuck in her spine for 14 years: ‘It’s devastating. It’s absolutely wrong’
“I’ve never seen a piece of needle that’s broken off and left in someone’s spine. Never seen it. Never heard of it. It’s outrageous,” her attorney said.