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Yahoo Life‘Maid’ is my story, too — and that of millions of other women
While Netflix's "Maid" may appear to some as nothing more than an entertaining drama, survivors of domestic abuse, like me, are hoping that it’s also the eye-opener needed to finally change the system for those trying to escape violent relationships.
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My son nearly lost his vision after an eye infection. Here's why you should be 'aware of the hidden dangers' lurking in bath toys
"At the hospital we learned he was at risk for not only losing his vision, but, should the infection spread to his brain, he could lose much more than his eyesight."
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Coronavirus and immunocompromised kids: 'Where does this leave children like mine?'
My son's illness leaves me feeling out of control, every second of every day. It’s the same feeling that I now recognize in people around the world, as the threat of the coronavirus (and its resultant COVID-19) spreads.
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Why health insurance is not enough to save some families with sick kids from financial ruin
Mom Eden Strong is nervous every time her son has a medical procedure for his epilepsy. "I’m also angry," she writes. "Angry that while he is laying on an operating room table, I’m sitting here worried about how much this is going to cost."
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'You never forget a man hitting you': Why scars of domestic violence never fade
You never forget a man hitting you, and unfortunately for my current husband, I will never forget my ex-husband nearly killing me.
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'There are no stepdads in our family — only a dad that has stepped up'
When I least expected it, he came along. And before I knew it, the officiant was pronouncing us not “husband and wife,” but “a family.”
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Motherhood Doesn’t Look as Glamorous as I’d Hoped. But I'm in a Battle for My Children’s Lives
The writer learned after the birth of her girl that she had a severe genetic imperfection. Then she got the diagnosis of epilepsy in her 5-year-old son.
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‘You Are Beautiful,’ I Tell My Daughter, 8, Who Has a Physical Disability. I Hope She Knows It's True.
My daughter looks absolutely nothing like me, I noticed after she was born. I've always thought my daughter beautiful, inside and out, and plenty of others agreed.
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I Write Letters to My 8-Year-Old So I Can Reach Her When She’s Grown
To kick off the week leading up to Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life — the highly anticipated revival of the quirky, poignant mother-daughter series that everyone, it seems, will be cozying up to on Thanksgiving night (12:01 a.m. on Nov. 25, to be precise) — we’ll be celebrating some cool moms we know, and the parenting styles that are uniquely their own, through a weeklong essay series, #MyMomStyle.
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‘I Went Back to Him, to the Home I Feared I Might Die In’
The last thing that I remember before falling down the stairs was my husband’s hand wrapped so tightly around my throat that the edges of my vision had begun to turn black, and my desperately clawing at his face in an attempt to do anything needed to get away.