I’m pregnant with my second baby, and everyone kept warning me that the second time around would feel different. “You’ll be more emotional,” my mom said, in that knowing tone mothers use when they’re waiting for you to admit they were right. rolled my eyes at her. Turns out, she wasn’t completely wrong. But the […]
At just 20 years old, Emily found herself in a situation she never imagined. A quiet girl from a working-class family in Bakersfield, California, she was studying accounting at a local community college while helping support her family. Her mother worked long hours as a waitress at a diner, ever since Emily’s father passed away […]
I’m pregnant by a man who, I later discovered, isn’t just married — he’s also the father of two children. Early on, by our second date, he told me he loved me and claimed he was ready to leave his wife of 15 years. His confidence and vivid promises of a future together made it […]