Mom looks forward to teaching her son well
“I have an older brother whose son is going to be 8 this summer. We always joked about living in a world where so much bad stuff happens, so why does anybody procreate? “Sometimes it feels...
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She’s adjusting to a more structured lifestyle
“After my son was born, we drove to Colorado a week later and moved into our house. Things were happening so fast, it’s taken a while to get used to it all. “Being a new mom,...
Family, friends, mourn the death of young dad
“My son was on his motorcycle, heading to work at 5:30 in the morning. Somebody hit him head on and killed him instantly. “The guy driving the car had no insurance, was driving without a license...
Dad says college may not be for everyone
“My boy is 19 years old and he’s fixing to go back to college. He went the first semester last year and my wife has been trying to convince him to go back. Me, not so...
New dad can’t get enough of active son
“It’s crazy, man. He’s 2, our first one. Everything is new for him, you know. He looks at us like we’re his heroes. He’ll be like, hey, the light, the light. Flick that switch and he’ll...
Surprise! She has another one on the way
“My happiest moment? Definitely when I had my son. He was a surprise. And now I’m pregnant again, which is another surprise. But it’s a good surprise. We weren’t planning it or anything. It was just...
‘Not being there for my son is a problem’
“I was diagnosed with the BRCA2 gene mutation, with an 87 percent chance that I would have an aggressive form of breast cancer. So I made the pre-emptive choice to have a double mastectomy. “I fought...
Teen mom believes that ‘college is my ticket’
“I’m a teen mom. I have a 2-year-old son. It was challenging when I had him and it still is, but I have a lot of people who support me. “It wasn’t planned, but I knew...
Lifelong heart problem ‘really hasn’t fazed him’
“He was born with a significant heart defect and has undergone three open-heart surgeries. Eventually he’s going to need a transplant, but right now they’re just trying to get this heart to last as long as...
Parents are elated after a challenging start
“It took us about seven years to have him. My wife had some issues with precancerous cells but, luckily, we were able to catch it all. Then it just took a while for her body to...
