LWM Staff Writers
Marriage Is An ALL IN Commitment
“It’s not a ‘I’ll be nice when he’s nice’ thing.”
‘The past few years have included countless doctors appointments, medications, phone calls, specialists, 2 failed IUIs, and dozens of negative pregnancy tests.’
“To all the future moms out there – I see you, and others see you. We know your pain, and we feel your hope. Don’t give up.”
‘We were 27, married for four years, and told we would never be able to get pregnant on our own.’
“As we were preparing to leave he told us to hold on a minute. Silence. Excuse me? Did I just hear you correctly? Say that again please…”
‘How an Army blanket uncovered the truth about my dad’
“I promised myself that if I made it home alive, I’d never sleep on the ground again.”
‘Lupus has given me the most self-confidence I’ve ever had.’
“I would wake up early in the morning with excruciating wrist pain, often so bad I couldn’t even lift myself out of bed.”
‘I weighed more than 3 of my friends combined!’: Woman loses 185 pounds naturally, vows to ‘never look back’
“When I was happy I ate, when I was sad I ate, when I was bored I ate. Food was an addiction for me.”
‘As I drove up to the cute 1950’s California ranch house, the emotion of our shattered future hit me hard. The tears flowed down my face.’
“She often would practice signing the name she was so anxious to have one day. A day that never came.”
‘It’s been 8 years and 24 foster girls’: After several miscarriages and two biological children, couple opens their hearts
“Just when I think that surely there can’t be room for another, I somehow find room for just one more, always one more.”
‘I was raped by my pastor and got pregnant. I looked at him like my father.’: Mother-daughter duo is determined to ‘inspire’ and ‘be grateful’ despite cerebral palsy, strokes, Crohn’s disease
“When I saw her, I realized she wasn’t his, she was mine. I knew I had to protect her, so my ex-husband stepped up to be her dad. We both knew my pastor would destroy her. I was also terrified of what he would do to me if I told anyone. She was born 2 months early with cerebral palsy. She was so pretty and helpless, and my body destroyed her. I knew I would do anything I could to give her the best head start possible.”
BREAKING: Hero teacher ‘bravely swatted gun away from gunman’s hands, saving everyone else in that room.’
“There was a shooter in the building, luckily we were in one of the safest closets in the school, I hope that everyone is alright, I’m still shaking, girls are crying, the officers are here and holding the shooter in custody, this has to be a dream, I don’t have my phone, but pick me up in the high school. I love you guys.”