LWM Staff Writers
‘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.”
‘I left it ‘til I was actually 85 years old to really, basically come out.’ Martin’s story inspires others to live passionately and without regret.
“Martin’s video has been inspiring young adults across America to live authentically and to “love who they love.”
I Am His Birth Mother, But I Was Never Meant To Be His Mom
“Adoption means giving your child the opportunity to live the best life they can. Adoption means that, while you’re not sure you can fully love this child, there is a family anxiously waiting to love this child with every part of their being.”
I Cut Back My Son’s Screen Time—This Is What Happened
“This generation is distracted more than ever, and now we’re becoming parents.”
Dear Cancer Patients, I’m Sorry (I Finally Get It Now)
“I really thought I knew what it felt like to go through this journey. I didn’t.”