Ours — Are you counting the seconds, asking sun when it’s time to go, hold on, try one more time, why do you hold time shackled, thoughts can fly higher than the clouds, seconds don’t end despair, fear shows up in every breath of frozen fire. Begin smiling and see you can forget…

“I wasn’t just going to be a woman his dad was married” — Vanessa Lynch, 30, wanted to show Henry, her stepson, that getting married to his father would include him too and that they could all live happily as a family after the wedding. So, she left the guests surprised when she changed her vows and included a part referring to her…

“Our family’s story is all about an extreme shift” — Ashton Rawley and her husband Eric welcomed three sets of twins in five years. While they did plan to have twins the first time, the other two sets happened naturally, and their family grew in a short time. …

Dawn path — I try to hear your voice one time, just once, I cannot steer the sails without the sound I love and used to search on window sill deep in the night in each sunray that came to greet outstretched denial. You don’t look on or back, don’t know me anymore, the memories we’ve…

“Instead of seeking normal, start trying to be natural. Live to be you” — Ani Anderson, who lives in New York City, still remembers what it was like growing up and seeing all her family look down on her mom. When she was a teenager, she vowed she wouldn’t ever be in such a position, and that decision changed her life. …

“Live today with tomorrow in mind” — Hannah and Blair Keeley have been married for three decades, and they still love each other just as they did in the beginning. The couple has managed to avoid arguments by constantly encouraging each other to become better people and amazing parents. Their tight-knit family and the love that comes…

Time holding on — Now is the place where all hearts go, a race into sunset to catch the tide find happy dreams on branches, higher and harder, each time you try to touch a wish it turns to mist or floats to tempt another mind, a soul waiting for home and happy place. …

“It’s a game, and it makes it fun” — Puzzle bits sprinkled all over the house, toy trucks and dolls jumbled together, and no way of getting to the sofa except by stealthy jumps? If your living room looks like this often, a mom’s “mystery item” game may be the solution for getting your kids to clean up fast. …

“It’s ok to be angry, but we have to let it go” — Destiny Bennett, a homeschool mom of three boys, has spent almost all her life around kids. She grew up in a home daycare her mom was running for 18 years, then she studied early childhood development in college and went on trade other pursuits to become a full-time mom. …