By Desiree Fortin I Don’t Want to be an Angry Mom
I never knew so much anger even existed in me until I became a mom. No one told me I…
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To the Woman Struggling to Face This Mother’s Day
To the woman struggling to face this Mother’s Day, I know this day may be a hard day. I know…
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I Was Only a Few Feet Away When My Daughter Almost Drowned
I never once imagined, as a mother, I would ever find myself at the ER holding my sweet girl in…
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Dear Anxiety, You Won’t Win
Dear Anxiety, I see you. In the last two years I have gotten to know you on a pretty close…
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The Childhood Accident we Narrowly Avoided
We spent half of our day today making sure none of our children ate AAA batteries. It was certainly a…
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The Grief Story I was Meant to Hear
“I had triplets too.” When she told me this, the only thing I heard was “HAD.” I knew she had…
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Dear Hope Wounds
Dear Hope Wounds, You are kind of ugly. It feels like you sag to my knees. You’ve taken away my…
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To My 12 Remaining Embryos
To my 12 remaining embryos, The day we learned there were 14 of you, we instantly knew our story of…
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