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Dad’s Hectic Flight with Infant Takes Heartwarming Turn Thanks to Kind Stranger

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“Can You Stay With My Daughter & Cart While I Get My Car?”: Mom Leaves Kid With Stranger at ALDI, Says ‘I Was Desperate....

"I had managed to keep my composure in the grocery store, and even when I was putting away my cart back to get my quarter back. But as I drove home, the tears came. I began the ugly cry."

“It’s Only a Matter of Time Before Chick-fil-A Serves Me a Restraining Order”: Mom Hilariously Relives Son’s ‘Diarrhea Debacle’ at Chick-fil-A

"Tears-pouring-down-my-face, couldn't-talk-couldn't-breathe kind of laughing. Screaming laughing. So hard that I was sobbing because I couldn't get it together."

Lauren Patterson

Lauren Patterson is a wife, writer and stay-at-home mom to a constantly on-the-go daughter and two mischievous dogs. When she's not trying to figure out if that's baby or canine poop on the hardwood, rewashing the laundry that's been sitting for three days, trying to rationalize with an toddler, or blogging about the whole motherhood gig, she can be found locked in her closet with an iPad, binge-watching Netflix.

Miscarriage and the 12-Week Rule: ‘Carrying Grief Alone’

"Miscarriage is not the most popular topic of conversation. I’m still struggling to understand why, given that around 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage."