This photo was taken the summer before things got worse. She loved that bow—insisted on wearing it every time we went outside, even if it didn’t match. She had a…
AS A DISABLED PERSON, I’M NOT READY FOR LIFE TO “GO BACK TO NORMAL”
This was taken yesterday. I was out early to avoid the heat and the crowds, sitting on a bench I used to pass by every day but never dared to…
MY WIFE’S CHRONIC ILLNESS IS GETTING WORSE—AND I DON’T KNOW HOW LONG SHE CAN KEEP HIDING IT FROM OUR DAUGHTER
This was taken last Thursday morning. Light streaming in, baby giggling, my wife somehow glowing even though she barely slept the night before. You’d never guess from this photo that…
MY TWINS WERE BORN 9 DAYS APART—EVERYONE’S CONFUSED BUT IT MAKES TOTAL SENSE TO US
I swear, no one believes me when I say my twins have different birthdays. Not just different days—nine full days apart. Same pregnancy, same womb, same mama… just two totally…
MY BABY WOULDN’T STOP GIGGLING—BECAUSE SHE HAD A TUMOR
At first, everyone thought it was adorable. “She’s just a happy baby!” people would say, grinning as my daughter Leti giggled at nothing in particular. I wanted to believe it…
MY 8-YEAR-OLD BECAME AN INSTANT HERO AFTER WHAT SHE DID BACKSTAGE AT HER CHEER COMPETITION
We were already running late. Her bow was crooked, she had glitter on one shoe but not the other, and the only snack I’d packed was a half-squished granola bar….
WE GET TROLLED NONSTOP FOR OUR SON’S NAME—BUT WE’RE NOT CHANGING A THING
It started the day we posted his birth announcement. A sweet little photo of him in his bassinet, wrapped in that blue-striped hospital blanket, eyes barely open. Caption said: “Welcome…
A STRANGER SWITCHED SEATS ON OUR FLIGHT—AND MY DAUGHTER STILL TALKS ABOUT HIM
It wasn’t a long flight. Just under two hours. But when you’re traveling alone with a four-year-old who’s overtired, hungry, and slightly terrified of the seatbelt light, two hours can…
MY 101-YEAR-OLD GRANDMA HELD MY NEWBORN SON—AND PASSED AWAY JUST HOURS LATER
We weren’t even sure she’d still be here by the time I gave birth. Every time I called, she’d answer in that raspy voice and say, “Still kickin’. Just waiting…
KIDS AT SCHOOL STARTED SAYING MY EIGHT-YEAR-OLD LOOKED PREGNANT—AND NO ONE WARNED ME
At first, I thought she was just hitting that awkward growth phase—long legs, rounder belly, a little off balance like her body hadn’t caught up with itself yet. Totally normal,…