This time of year is best spent with family. It is the one day in the year when everyone sets aside their feuds and differences and enjoys a cheerful atmosphere eating good food and opening presents. There are some careers that pay no mind to Christmas traditions. As a flight attendant spending Christmas with your...

All mothers hope to one day be grandmothers. But what if it’s not that simple to have a child of your own? Well, as was the case for this family, a grandmother decided to help her son out by getting pregnant with her own biological granddaughter. Becoming a grandmother was something Cecile Eledge could not...

As a mother, and a very proud one at that. It’s hard for me to relate to how any parent could regret having children. But, I do understand it. Especially when my child drives me insane some days! Different situations, especially external ones, can obviously greatly influence how you feel about your kids, or why...

Lo and behold. Yet another stupid challenge on the infamous social network known as TikTok. As if it couldn’t get any more ridiculous after the numerous absurd trends we’ve had to bear witness to. Such as when this teen told her 8-year old sister that her family had died. Or, the recent silhouette challenge, which...

When you’ve got a baby on the way it’s such an exciting time. As mothers, we look expectantly to the future counting down the weeks until we can welcome a new life into the world. Back in 2015, one particular mother wrote a letter that made waves. The issue surrounding the opinion of a medical...

Sometimes happiness can be a very fragile thing. In one moment it seems like we have everything and life can change in a second. For Scott and Jaymie Ferguson, a happy couple from New South Wales, Australia who met in 2010, things were like a dream. They were young, in love, and fond of traveling,...

We live in a world where teachers are people who are so massively underappreciated. Every single day, teachers wake up early to drive to schools to teach our children. They put up with their nonsense; they take their flack. And still, they go back every day to do it all again just to ensure that...

Becoming a godparent is a great honor. Arguably even more so for a childless man who really loves kids but never had his own. Better yet, when a best friend asks you to become the godparent of your child, it is certainly a beautiful feeling! However, when this man was asked to be the godparent...

A Secret Life of Mom Highlight Story: Sometimes there are stories that can help raise and maintain awareness of important subjects. That’s why we scour the archives and bring some of them back to help keep parents in the know. They may be touching, and even make you shed a tear, but the health and...

The world is full of beautiful and wonderful things, some so astounding and unreal it can be hard to fathom. Sometimes, this beauty is in the form of a person, in this case, twins. And not just the regular kind, two sets of them! But, there is something incredibly special about these children. Rare Black...

A Secret Life of Mom Highlight Story: Sometimes there are tales that are just too good, too beautiful, or too unbelievable to keep locked away. That’s why we scour the archives and bring some of them back to enjoy again. They may make you smile or shed a tear, but they’re always meant to add...

Having a child is a blessing and usually a time of celebration. And, it was no different for Kathleen and Jesse Thorson of Medford, Oregon. Together, they were welcoming their fourth child into the world. What Jesse did not know was that he was not going to be able to raise their new baby together....