This 12-Year-Old Girl Was the First to Hear Her Best Friend Was Gay What His Parents Did Next Left Everyone in Tears
My 12-year-old daughter, Sophie, wandered into the kitchen after school while I was elbow-deep in dirty dishes. She launched into ...
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From Divorce Heartbreak to a Family of Five: How Love, Forgiveness, and Open Hearts Turned Pain Into Something Beautiful
Divorce is hard. Truly hard. It’s not something anyone plans for or ever wishes to endure. It’s a circumstance that ...
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Mom Life Never Stops Until You Take a Girls’ Trip: How Three Days of Laughter, Naps, and No ‘Wipe My Buuutttt’ Moments Healed Our Exhausted Souls
Take the girls’ trip. Because vacationing with other moms? It’s basically magic. Here’s how it usually goes. We meet up ...
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I Brought My Newborn to Work And It Changed Everything: How One Office Welcomed Baby Priscilla and Saved a Mother’s Sanity
From the moment I was about 12 weeks pregnant, a cloud of worry hung over our home: the cost of ...
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Teen Boys Carry Tampons and Pads Because Their Mom Is Teaching Kindness and Erasing Period Taboos, One Backpack at a Time
According to UNICEF, 26 percent of people on Earth menstruate. That’s one in four of us. And yet, for many ...
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Tragedy Strikes: Dad Dies in Fiery Crash, Leaving 4-Year-Old Daughter and Family Heartbroken A Family’s Fight to Keep His Memory Alive
Fatal Car Accident: A Family Shattered April 16, 2019, is a date that changed our lives forever. Around 10:30–11 p.m., ...
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A Sober Mom, a Crushing PTO Role, and a Relapse Scare: How One Woman Chose Her Recovery and Her Kids Over Perfection
All I could do was stare at my inbox as the 23rd parent-teacher-organization-related email of the day popped up on ...
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10-Year-Old Asks the Tough Question: ‘Is Being a Stepmom Hard?’ What Happened Next Will Melt Your Heart
Most mornings in our house follow a predictable rhythm. We wake the kids, get them dressed, eat breakfast, brush teeth, ...
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She fought a rare blood disease, battled addiction, and tried to escape a violent boyfriend yet Rici’s story ended far too soon. Share her warning, save a life.
Here is the face of my daughter, Ricquelle (Rici) Giannino, a beautiful soul we lost far too soon. 1992–2016. In ...
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From High School Crush to Lifelong Love: How I Defied Doubts, Family Beliefs, and 9 Years of Challenges to Be With Her
Ever since I entered high school as a freshman, I would catch glimpses of Susana in the hallways. Every time ...
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