“I don’t know why I woke up that night. I looked over at her, sleeping, hair spread out across her pillow. Peaceful. Beautiful. My wife. Wendy and I met in high school. We did the whole long-distance thing all through college. I’m still not sure how our relationship survived those days. She loved me despite […]
“In February of 2015, I went in for a routine exam. At the time, I was nursing my then 5-month-old son, and I had noticed a lump in my left breast. I said something to my doctor about it, and she examined me. This was my second child, and I had been unable to nurse […]
“In early 2014 my husband, Caleb, and I decided to try to have a family. Within a few short months, April to be exact, we became pregnant! We were so excited to grow our family by two little feet. A month later we went to our 11-week appointment and found out our sweet baby had […]
My Parent’s Love Story “I was born in Miami, FL to Cuban immigrants in 1988. I was what you can call an ‘oops’ baby, as my parents had only been in the country for 2 years, had just purchased a home, were working multiple jobs, and my siblings were 15 and 21 years old when […]
“Ever since I was a kid, I dreamed of being a mother. I had watched my mom scurry around the house, raising my six brothers and me. The sight of babies made my heart thump wildly. I would tug at her sleeve during nursery on Sunday morning whispering, ‘Can I hold the baby?’ It was […]