To my son 💙 my little boy yesterday, my friend today, my son forever 👩‍👦 Never forget how proud I am of you and how deeply I love you — more than anything in the world 🌎❤️

Eating in the 50s Pasta was not commonly eaten. Curry was a surname. A takeaway was a mathematical problem. A pizza was associated with a leaning tower. Crisps were plain; the only choice we had was whether to add salt or not. Rice was only served as a milk pudding. A raincoat was what we […]

“I don’t know who you are, but today I watched you for about 15 minutes while you helped a homeless man. I saw you give him your brand new sneakers, then you took off your socks and stood barefoot while you took his socks off, which had a big hole in them. You used a […]

Yesterday, I found a sandwich packed for my work lunch along with a note from our 10-year-old foster son, Colton, on the kitchen table. The note was simple, with a few spelling mistakes, but it melted my heart. We decided to become foster parents after years of struggling with infertility. We wanted to provide a […]

If I could give my daughter 3 things 💖 it would be confidence to know her worth 🌸 strength to chase her dreams ✨ and the knowing that she’s deeply loved forever 💕👩‍👧

I thought I’d failed as a mother when my 28-year-old son came home last Christmas and announced he was “taking up quilting to deal with stress.” His father immediately started making jokes about him turning into his grandmother, asking if he needed help picking out lipstick next. I watched my son’s face shut down the […]

I was driving up 75 when I saw a trooper in the turnout. I quickly checked my speed—everything was good. A few minutes later, I spotted a dog in the ditch by one of the signs for exit 20. She looked in bad shape. I was in the left lane, heading to an appointment, and […]