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...
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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,...
Fashion trends are always changing and right now, crop tops are in. A mother has spoken out on Facebook after she saw what she claims are crop tops for sale in the girl’s section of a store. She is asking the industry to please stop selling this type of clothing to little girls. Her post...
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...
A father has caused mass Twitter outrage after his post about his 14-year-old son. His post was meant to praise his kid for how hardworking he was. Instead, it ended in people slamming him for not allowing his son to have a childhood and people questioning what is wrong with America. Twitter Outrage Over A...
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...
Finding out you are pregnant leaves you with a whirlwind of emotions, for months you imagine what your baby will look like when it is born. You wonder if you are going to have a boy or maybe a girl, you think about what sort of parent you will be. Will you cope with the...
A Secret Life of Mom Highlight Story: Sometimes there are tales that are just too remarkable, 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 a...
When Judith Nwokocha, a Nigerian-Canadian photographer first saw her albino twins, she thought the nurses had handed her the wrong baby. [1] The 38-year-old photographer based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada had been trying to conceive for eight years with her husband who is also African. They were finally blessed with the most adorable set of twins through...
“You’re adopted” is a common schoolyard insult. Once examined, this retort might seem a little confusing. After all, adoption is a long, stressful, and expensive process, a testament to how wanted and love that child is. However, the subtext is extremely hurtful, especially when it’s weaponized between siblings. “You’re adopted” sounds like “you’re different, and...