“We as a society need to do a better job.”
My Daughter Was Not A ‘Junkie,’ She Was A Human Being With A Disease
‘I became pregnant. I was terrified. A dark shadow came across his eyes. He knew I was even more trapped in his spell.’ Teen mom’s incredible story of survival with her baby born from ‘the devil himself’
“Don’t ever let someone think they have control over you. Don’t ever be a young, terrified version of me. You are strong. You are fearless. I believe in you. Believe that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Run and find it.”
Today, A Stranger At The Splash Pad Taught Me To Relinquish My Fears
“She was in there, in-it-to-win-it style. She was soaking wet, going down the water slide, laughing with her kids on her lap. She was having so much fun. She didn’t care that her jean shorts were going to be miserable on the ride home. She didn’t care that black mascara was streaming down her face. She didn’t care that her white shirt was stuck to her like shellac on fingernails.”
My Upbringing Was Wonderful, And I Still Became A Drug Addict
“Today I celebrate 12 years of sobriety.”
‘Just like most moms, the modern world is kicking her ass.’
“The modern world tells her she needs to contribute financially; but judges her for leaving her babies in the hands of others to do so.”
My Baby Never Came Home With Me
“One week after we lost our daughter, we walked in the door to our apartment.”
‘When I was by myself, so deep in the woods the trail was invisible, I considered turning back.’ Woman eloquently describes her journey with running
“If you run, you are a runner. It doesn’t matter how fast or how far. It doesn’t matter if today is your first day or if you’ve been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run.”
– John Bingham
‘He didn’t understand why anyone would see it as an issue, or as a valid reason to not date a girl.’: Woman with port wine stain birthmark finds true love
“It was obvious on my dating profile. It was shown in all my pictures, it was written within my ‘about me’ section. I was intentional about it being obvious.”
5 Reasons Single Moms Are Incredibly Attractive
“There’s no ‘Honey Do’ list for single moms. There’s a ‘I have to do this list’ they make for themselves. That amount of grit and determination is so unbelievably beautiful to me.”
‘I think about the vows they took 68 years ago, and how they have lived up to all of them.’ Lovebirds never ‘dreamed’ of dementia, but still believe they hit the marriage ‘jackpot’
“They take walks. They laugh. They love. They wake up to a new adventure every day. It is not what I hoped or dreamed for them, but in the end, they still have each other and for them – it is enough.”