“He stood seven hours in the heat—and sobbed harder than most teens.”
For a final moment, she took her son’s childhood to infinity and beyond.
“Napping still makes me anxious, and I live alone.”
The same couch that once felt crowded with toddler limbs will one day be too empty.
“I just want... the princess dresses.”
“This lime trick… has really nothing to do with the limes and more so everything to do with his ability to stand.”
“Lunch by the pool is fun until it’s not.”
“CHICKEN CHICKEN AND CHICKEN!”
So they hear & understand everything except the “put that down” sentence. 🤔
That wave—a tiny gesture—has sparked a massive response.
“I’m not saying I love you, I’m not saying goodnight.”
"I think the internet gets triggered quite easily these days, especially when it comes to the way people choose to parent their children.”
“You can’t be treating people that way. If you want people to treat you kind, you gotta treat them kind.”
“Trying to help mom look for a size 14 dress… that was the closest I came to a scavenger hunt,” he jokes.
“Whenever me or my siblings would ever say anything negative about ourselves...my mom would look at us and be like, ‘Don’t speak about my daughter like that.'”
A jaw-dropping 234 times—and that was just between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m.
“Debilitating mastitis that put me in the hospital... [and] my c-section incision opened.”
“My husband and I did everything we could to celebrate her new 'do... and continued to tell her how special she was, no matter the length of her hair and that being different is cool.”
“The cutest little slumber party with his 2 besties🥹 🐶.”
“...when the grandmother’s shower rivals the shower for the actual parents, that’s where it crosses a line.”