My daughter’s tiny fingers were digging into my uniform as I held her. Her damp curls stuck to her cheeks, smelling like sunscreen and juice. How much had I missed as she grew? My back sign crinkled as she shifted against me. You call her Soldier, I call her Mom.” Swallowed hard. That title meant […]
The Day the Cycle Ended: A Mother’s Promise My earliest memories are hazy, like watching the world through a fogged window. But the day my mother left me? That memory is sharp, carved into me like stone. I was nine—buzzing with excitement over a perfect score on a spelling test—when I walked into our kitchen […]
The world celebrated the 13th birthday of the most well-known case of surviving octuplets on January 26, 2022. The eight babies—six boys and two girls—who were delivered via cesarean section in the United States on January 26, 2009, garnered international attention. All 14 of their children were reared without the assistance of a father by […]