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 […]

My sister texted me this photo yesterday with zero context and I genuinely thought she’d lost her mind. Turns out she spent three entire weekends painting traffic bollards outside her elementary school to look like giant pencils because “the kids deserve whimsy on their way to standardized testing.” She teaches fourth grade and makes $43,000 […]