From Grief to Joy: How Saying Goodbye to Four Foster Children Led Me to Adopt a Medically Complex Baby Girl
My husband had always dreamed of being involved in both adoption and foster care. I, on the other hand, didn’t ...
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I almost died giving birth to my daughter—then I held her tiny body and knew God had spared me for this moment.
My husband and I had been trying to have a baby for two long years. After countless disappointments, I had ...
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She Fell in Love With Him in High School—Years Later, She Helped Diagnose His Autism and Build a Marriage on Honest Love
My husband is Autistic, and I love him more every day. My name is Lily, and my husband is Auggi. ...
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From Dreams to Reality: How This Mom’s Perfect ‘Life Plan’ Took an Unexpected Turn—and Led Her Family to Foster Care and Faith
Lately, I’ve been realizing that the stories we set out to write in life often aren’t the ones we end ...
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Our Son Can’t Smile—But His Laugh Fills Every Room: One Mom’s Journey Raising a Child with Rare Moebius Syndrome
On July 4, 2017, my fiancé and I received one of the happiest pieces of news of our lives—we were ...
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She Battled Endometriosis, Infertility, and 15 IVF Cycles—Then Lost One Twin and Nearly Her Life Before a Miracle Survived the NICU
Like many people, I grew up believing that after college, life followed a predictable path: you landed a corporate job, ...
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I never imagined raising my son apart from his dad—but meeting his future stepmom changed everything. Four years later, our blended family is thriving.
Caih’s dad and I ended things when our son was still a baby. Our relationship and pregnancy had been a ...
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She spent years in unbearable pain, dismissed by doctors, and feared her dreams would be lost—until a stage 2 endometriosis diagnosis changed everything.
Endometriosis is a condition where tissue similar, but not identical, to the lining of your uterus is found outside the ...
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After 7 years of heartbreak, IVF, and a near-death ectopic pregnancy, one couple finally welcomed six children—and a miracle in every heartbeat!
The nurse practitioner looked at me gently and said, “It’s been two years since you and your husband decided to ...
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From Hiding to Loving Herself: How a Haitian-American Teen Survived Bullying, Religious Pressure, and Self-Harm to Embrace Her Queer Identity
There are chapters of my life I could tell you about—like the time my mom saw me kiss a girl ...
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