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Mom Criticizes Daughter-in-Law for Not Cleaning the House. Her Husband’s Response Is Everything.

"I didn't really know how to respond to my mother, so I floundered. I never really know what to say in moments like this."

“The Pain, Unlike My Baby Girl, Would Live on Forever”: Mom Shares Raw, Heartbreaking Stillbirth Story

“As I stood over her and spent those last few minutes with her, blood was cascading down my legs and onto the floor. I didn't care - my womb was crying. Everything about me was crying. Watching them wheel her away broke me. My life ended then and there."

“I Wonder if That’s Him. It Was Surreal”: Man Spots Boy He Rescued from Fire 13 Years Later

“I hadn't seen him in nearly 13 years, he was 4 years old then, but everything seemed to fit… I slowly walked over to him, and his family. I slowly approached him, and when he looked at me... I shattered the ice."

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.