Inspiring Stories: Mothers
 Redefining Mother's Day From an HIV-Positive Woman's Perspective (May 9, 2013)
From Positive Women's Network of the United States of America
 Kari Farmer-Coffman: Motherhood and HIV -- A Blog Entry by Robert Breining (December 7, 2012)
"Kari was diagnosed with HIV on Nov. 4, 2010 and two days later was diagnosed with AIDS. She was told to make plans for her daughter and her funeral. Kari was not ready to quit. Two years later, she is still fighting and making a difference in the community."
From TheBody.com
 Rebecca Denison: Founder of WORLD -- A Blog Entry by Robert Breining (October 16, 2012)
"In 1990, a month before she was scheduled to begin law school, Rebecca was diagnosed with HIV. In 1991, with support from her husband Daniel, Rebecca started the WORLD newsletter in her living room. ... In 1995, Rebecca and Daniel decided to become parents, and in March 1996 their twin girls, Sophia and Sarah, were born, both HIV-free."
From TheBody.com
 Danielle Rogers: Motivational Speaker and Mother: A Blog Entry by Robert Breining (October 1, 2012)
"Her son, Jamar Rogers, was a recent contestant on The Voice and publicly broke down barriers of stigma by revealing his HIV status on national television. Danielle supported him by showing unconditional love throughout his reign on the show."
From TheBody.com
 Caring for HIV-Negative Kids (and Yourself) in an "HIV Family" (September 19, 2012)
Part two of a two-part conversation about pregnancy with four HIV-positive moms.
From TheBody.com
 Life, Death and Photographs: A Blog Entry by Brooke Davidoff (September 13, 2012)
"I guess I thought the in-laws or my husband would pretend less that I was fine, and we can just get pictures next year, or maybe the next. Maybe this is more important to me than any of them since they don’t have to think of their own death."
From TheBody.com
 A Twin Legacy of Hope (July 26, 2012)
From AIDS United
- My Letter to HIV: A Letter and Video From Melissa Baker (April 27, 2012)
I could've stayed silent about you living inside of me after he and I went our separate ways. But instead I began my volunteerism. I felt empowered to dispel stigma, to encourage people to test, respect & educate themselves. ... I have added advocate to who I AM. I have disclosed to many including my daughters.
From "Write a Letter to HIV" Campaign at TheBody.com
 A Mother's Love for Her HIV-Positive Son: A Video Blog Entry by Justin B. Terry-Smith (October 27, 2011)
"Sometimes I get personal e-mails about my blog and I haven’t really shared them with you all. But I think I will start to do so ... I received this e-mail from a woman I'm going to call Amanda. She and her son discovered he was HIV positive and this letter made me cry ... twice."
From TheBody.com
 PRIDE, From a Proud HIV-Positive Lesbian: A Blog Entry by Maria T. Mejia (June 1, 2011)
"My running away from home and joining a gang, the things we had to go through in our home with my father, and then having to tell her that I was HIV positive was just enough for [my mother] to handle. I didn't want to give her one more thing to worry about."
From TheBody.com
 Word on the Street: The Mother's Day Edition (May 4, 2011)
From TheBody.com
- What It Feels Like for a Mom: A Video Blog Entry by Mark S. King (April 28, 2010)
Mark S. King's mother, Anne King, speaks honestly about witnessing the HIV epidemic through her gay children -- and how she's been able to stand by them through it all.
From TheBody.com
- Profiles in Courage: Marcya Owens (February 2006)
African-American HIV advocate Marcya Owens discusses her life and successes as an HIV-positive, married mother of two.
From TheBody.com
- Profiles in Courage: Michelle Lopez (January 2006)
Michelle Lopez discusses how she fought against depression to become an outspoken advocate for herself and her daughter.
From TheBody.com
- The Grief Suite (July/August 2003)
When her son, Robert, told her he had HIV, she became one of his greatest sources of support -- and he became one of hers.
To read PDF, click here.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- A Proud Mother Speaks About Her HIV-Positive Daughter (Spring 2001)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
- Five Days in Steve's Life and Death (December 1998)
A mother remembers her son.
- One Mother's Story (December 1997)
A mother becomes her son's "private army".
In AIDS Care, from San Francisco General Hospital
- A Mother's Thank You (Summer 1994)
Finding closure for her infant son's death from AIDS.
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
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