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Friend Says “Of All People, You Should Get Why Someone Would Abort a Cleft Baby”—Dad’s Reply Is Perfect

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Ashleigh Beaver

Ashleigh is a writer and blogger from Winston Salem, North Carolina. She is a wife to her high school sweetheart and mother to two toddlers under two. Ashleigh experienced multiple miscarriages and secondary infertility after the birth of her two miracle babies. It has become her passion to encourage and empower other women through their journeys as the matriarch and the maid of their homes. Connect with her on Instagram or Facebook.

No One Is Living the Life They Post on Social Media. I’m Living Proof.

Wow, maybe all of the social media accounts that I scroll through with envy really are just like me. Maybe the mom in heels doesn't actually wear heels every day. Maybe the couple who just celebrated twenty happy years of marriage also had a few downs to go with all those ups. Maybe the gentle parenting crunchy mom has also lost her ish a time or two with her children.