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2-Yr-Old Drowns for 15 Minutes in Pool While Mom Takes a Shower—3 Months Later, She Does the Unthinkable

"She was able to break through the baby gate and make her way to the 5 degree Celsius pool. She was found without a heartbeat."

I Was Giving My Son the Very Thing That Was Killing Him & Had No Idea

It literally burned his body from the inside out...

“If This Turns Positive, It Is Freaking Baby Jesus”: Wife Breaks Shocking News to Husband After Bringing Home Adopted Newborn

"One stick turned positive and a different kind of vomit happened… word vomit… ‘OHHH SH**!!!’ I guess I said it loud enough for Sam to hear me, because he opened the door and asked to look at the test. He then started reading the box saying aloud, ‘Noooo!'"

Lisa Qualls

Lisa Qualls is a writer, speaker, mom of 12, and the creator of Thankful Moms, where she writes about motherhood, adoption, faith, and grief. Lisa is a mom by birth and adoption. Along with her husband Russ, their adoption journey has been marked by joy as well as challenges of trauma and attachment. You can visit her blog here, and connect with her on Facebook here.

I Used To Be a Good Mom

"We didn’t know the answers, but one thing we did know: we were no longer the parents we used to be and as all of our children struggled, we no longer felt like 'good parents' at all."