“I was 20, homeless, and spiraling out of control. I never imagined myself as ‘that girl’ who got pregnant. I’d known the father for a month and had no clear future ahead of me. ‘I’m so sorry I could not be ready for you,’ I kept telling my son. 48 hours. That is how long he was ours. I wanted this stranger in my stomach to have a chance at life.”
‘I placed my son for adoption, married the birth father, and now have 2 more children who are relatives of my birth son. CRAZY.’: Young couple begin ‘beautiful’ open adoption after unexpected pregnancy
‘I didn’t care HOW I became a mom.’: Couple learns they’re pregnant 6 years after adopting first child
“I found myself sobbing on the bathroom floor. Everyone around me seemed to sneeze on command, get pregnant, and deliver a baby. But why couldn’t we?”
Stagehand Dad Builds His 7-year-old ‘Princess’ Fireworks-filled Disney DIY Bedroom
“She tells all her friends that I built it for her and that ‘I can do anything.’ That’s the best part.”
‘Sweet tears rolled down his cheeks. My heart completely burst.’: Marine groom overcome with emotion seeing his bride
“On that day, in that church, there was no black or white, there was just love, and man…. there was SO much of it.”
3-year-old who battled traumatic complications from FLU-like symptoms FINALLY heads home after 44 days
“I am still in shock that our little boy was sleeping on my lap, throwing the football, running around with the dog and just starting to show as being sick. And today he is on life support,” his mother wrote when the harrowing ordeal began.
This Nurse Calmed My Terrified 9-Year-Old Down From A Seizure With Kindness
“I never imagined they would actually do it, but a little while later, a child life specialist showed up at the door with sparkly polish.”
My 6-Year-Old’s ‘Growing Pains’ Turned Out To Be Cancerous Leg Tumors
“My mind started to spin. How could a boy be running and playing every day with that big of a tumor?”
Lovebirds Married 55 Years Recreate Night They First Met At Steak ‘N Shake In 1962
“He first called my friend and asked her for a date, but she said, ‘No thank you.’ Elmer then called me. I was annoyed and unsure about this Elmer guy, but I gave him a chance and said, ‘Okay, why not.’”
‘The most POWERFUL moment.’: 6-year-old son BAWLS his eyes out watching mom walk down the aisle
“My sweet, soulful oldest baby boy was sharing in on this moment so deeply, with us. Taking in every breath, right along with us!”
‘It took my breath away.’: Mom uses shattered mirror as beautiful lesson of love
“It’s not the breaking that matters, the how or why. What matters is how we choose to respond to the broken-ness.”