“‘You have CHINKY eyes.’ You don’t know what this can do to a person, a child.”
‘In light of recent Asian hate crimes, I’ve decided to SPEAK UP.’: Woman details being bullied, growing up mixed race
‘Your baby has a significant limb discrepancy.’ I wanted to hide my pregnancy. I didn’t talk about the baby.’: Mom shares journey with ‘suffocating’ postpartum depression
“After the news, I withdrew. I felt trapped, suffocated by own body, my own thoughts. These were NOT the feelings I imagined having as a mother.”
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“Parents and teens are struggling together. Teens just have a harder time expressing it.”
‘I asked him to drive me to the ER. ‘I’m scared of my thoughts.’ He said, ‘Drive yourself if it’s that bad.’ I knew it was over.’: Woman leaves abusive relationship, discovers self love, ‘You’re worth fighting for’
“My long nights on the couch googling ‘how to know if your marriage is over’ were about to come to a close. I knew it was over.”
‘I was ready to say, ‘Forget this.’ We wanted a bond that didn’t feel like two separate families.’: Mom shares journey blending families, ‘We may bend but we never break’
“After my divorce, I wasn’t interested in dating anyone, and definitely not someone with children. God had his own plan.”
‘My grandmother called to tell me, ‘You’re going to hell.’: Recovering addict shares journey, ‘I stood up to fight again’
“My life is OVER, I’m 20 years old and expecting a baby!’ Truthfully, I thought the baby would keep us together forever.”
‘I can’t believe I miss having my own toilet plunger. I know nothing about where we’re meant to spend the rest of our days, but I pray for this place often.’: Mom shares emotional journey living life on the road
“We sold and gave away our belongings. We’ve been living in hotel rooms for years. I pray not just for our future home, but for the people surrounding us we haven’t met in whatever town we will live in.”
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“You’re not alone.”
‘If I close my eyes and listen to this song, all my sadness goes away.’ A stranger decided to send a surprise in the mail.’: Mom details stranger’s act of kindness for daughter with autism
“Words heal little girls with autism, and grown women without, and connect them together from hundreds of miles away.”
‘She was found in an elevator at 4 months old. Her teeth had never been brushed. I was a pile of tears on the floor.’: Special needs family adopts daughter with Down syndrome
“This little girl couldn’t be more than 20 pounds. She was sickly skinny and nonverbal. How could she be 6 years old? What had she been through? She smiled, her tiny teeth caked with thick plaque. I marveled.”