"He stepped aside and tried to make a few calls. Hugging his daughter and grabbing his head, you could tell he was heartbroken. This woman next to him at the front counter heard the whole thing."
I don’t want to look exhausted when I show up to the office, but I have been awake since 4:30 a.m. with an inconsolable kid. I know my eyes look glazed over, but I spent the last 12 hours trying to soothe a baby to sleep.
He went down the slide, ran a few feet ahead of me, turned a corner and was gone. It was as quick as that. The only thing in front of him was a lazy river with a strong current. Even if he could swim, he wouldn’t stand a chance.
“We were all very emotional and it was like no feeling I've ever felt. It's not every day your eldest child at 12 years old gets to deliver your last child."
I had zero expectations for the Barbie movie, and therefore, my expectations were wildly exceeded. But the parts I truly did not see coming that wrenched my heart in two were centered on motherhood, of all things.
A terrifying new ad by telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom is forcing parents to consider the digital footprint we are creating for our kids, and how artificial intelligence could put their futures in jeopardy.
"Their absence is everywhere. The silence is deafening. The heartache is real. And you wonder how the heck that happened? Because 18 years is a long time, right? How could it be over already?"