“Then I heard the best sound… the FaceTime ring on my phone. My mom held the phone up next to the tub, and I was overcome with joy.”
‘The Air Force sent DJ on a 7-month deployment. To Afghanistan. 6 weeks before my due date.’
‘The policeman works all alone. He needs a friend.’: Selfless 3-year-old gives her Elmo to ‘lonely’ officer
“Gabby looked at him, raised her arms to give him Elmo and said, ‘I want you to have my Elmo so you don’t work alone.’”
‘Welcome Home From Prison Mom!’: 4-year-old’s hilarious prank for mom in airport
“I got off the plane and spotted my husband first. Once I got closer I could see my son holding something, and then I read it….”
‘Hold me, Dada.’: Stepdad ‘promises forever’ to stepdaughter during emotional wedding ceremony as he ‘marries’ her too
“He has kissed her booboos, rocked her to sleep, cleaned up throw up that went all down his shirt. He has been her constant.”
‘My 72-year-old grandma noticed my bisexual pride flag, picked it up and said, ‘Oh, this needs to be pressed out!’: Bisexual woman shares sweet coming out moment with grandmother
“That’s okay, we love you.”
‘Why the last 365 days after delivering my son silently sleeping were the worst and best days of my life.’
“The doctor apologized with tears in her eyes, while I let out a confused ‘it’s okay,’ with tears building up in mine.”
‘This is going to hurt.’ I immediately tried to stand up. I could feel the broken bones in my leg.’: Police officer recalls ‘humbling’ addiction journey after on-duty injury, ‘I didn’t set out to be an addict’
“Dispatch put out a call for a collision. I was quickly changing lanes, hell bent on handling my call. I remember the panic setting in. The chaos, the pain. ‘You’re staring down the barrel of amputation.’ I didn’t care. I wanted a fighting chance.”
I Miss My Friends
“For some reason we haven’t talked in a long time and I’m not sure either of us realized it was happening.”
‘I knew my brother had died before I even picked up the phone’: Sister resented her mom’s grief for brother who overdosed until she had a son of her own
“My mom valued my brother’s death more than me, and I was still here.”
‘Why do people bring kids like that out in public?’ Mom calls out stranger who publicly shamed her severely autistic son
“Was I asking for your help? Your opinion? Your advice? Nope. But you, a man about 6-foot-3 and easily 250 pounds, watched a mom who could have easily been hurt and scared and made a situation worse.”