Parenting

"A few years ago during a funeral visitation, I remember walking up to a casket to a grieving husband, friend, father. He left my husband and I with words we’ll never forget and since then we have lived those words."

“Two clicks. I am now in the 'wormhole'…look at this sidebar. There is nothing but little girls.”

"I walked into the backyard and felt the hot tears streaming down my face. It's amazing how alone you can feel as a single parent in moments like these. I realized how scared and disappointed I felt. Did this really just happen? Yes. This was real."

"I quickly and easily found pages on Instagram that have links to go off to a secure web cam. I found 5 sites just 2 clicks into the people that ‘liked’ my son’s picture! Over 100 of my friends went to the account and blocked him or reported it as child pornography. They all received a message saying, 'This does not go against community guidelines.'"

"Brave woman, post your post baby body. Like the real thing. Not sucking in, not blurring the stretch marks no filters."

"He’s looking into my soul by this point with those big, blue teary eyes..."

"I resented that box. I wanted nothing to do with that box."

"I remember being worried that a 5-year age gap was too big... our first two children were only 20 months apart."