“I didn’t know what to think. Immediately after our conversation, I started googling… and very quickly, it became apparent to me that for the first time ever, my life was finally starting to make sense.”
‘I think you may have Asperger’s,’ my boyfriend said nervously. He broke up with me, unsure he wanted to see me anymore.’: Woman diagnosed with autism in adulthood learns to ‘umask’ and embrace authentic identity
‘Your eye pressure is ALARMINGLY high.’ Some days I can’t stop thinking about the ‘what-ifs.’: Woman details how infection led to living with glaucoma
“He came rushing over to take me to urgent care since I could not see to drive. ‘It’s really BAD,’ was all I could say to him through tears. It hurt to cry, but I couldn’t stop.”
‘My weight fell to that of an 8-year-old. I thought I was FAT.’: Woman battles anorexia, binge eating disorder, ‘Recovery has helped me discover myself’
“I began cycling through extreme weight loss programs, plans and fads. My efforts backfired, and I soon had a new sinister predicament with which to contend with.”
‘I was born into it. This was my family, the people who were supposed to love and protect me.’: Sex trafficking survivor beats 12-year opioid addiction, bravely embarks on self-healing journey
“Lying in a hospital bed, after a 12-year battle with opiates, I knew I had to face the truth. I had to stop running from my childhood. I needed to face it head on, no matter how difficult. I transformed myself in front of the people who broke me, and then I left them all behind.”
‘What? We had a twin?!’ I had two eggs. One my healthy twin, the other forming into cancer.’: Brave mom survives rare choriocarcinoma, now advocates for others
“I was told I had a heavy period, I was pregnant, or I was miscarrying, none of which were true. By this time I felt a huge ball, almost like a crowning baby. I came to realize if I did not get help quickly, I was going to bleed to death.”
‘Even in the pouring rain the crowds were INCREDIBLE. ‘You got this! Good job! I believe in you!’: Woman with eyesight loss fulfills her dream of finishing Boston Marathon
“I’ve had challenges bigger than running the Boston Marathon and losing my eyesight. When I dream big, when I am persistent and don’t give up, I create a life that’s rich, peaceful, and full of JOY.”
‘It was a war just to keep my newborn ALIVE.’: Medical mom praises daughter born with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, dwarfism
“Have you ever had a medical professional look you in the eye and tell you it’s a MIRACLE your child is alive, and then say they have no medical reasoning as to how they ARE alive? Children born with no immune system unknowingly die from the common cold… Bella survived septic shock and 4 bowel surgeries.”
To My Grieving Friends – You Don’t Have To Be Okay
“The innocence you had before the atomic bomb of grief is gone, and left are the ashes of a life you wanted to live.”
People Are So Much More Than Their Appearance, And It’s Time We Recognize It
“No one was proud of me for walking through hell—domestic violence, separation, abandonment at 4 months pregnant while raising a toddler and autistic child and simultaneously maintaining a career. But they went out of their way to express their pride when I lost 40 pounds.”
Instead Of Worrying About How A Mother Feeds Her Baby, Support Her
“It’s another instance of women being told what to do with their body, then being shamed no matter WHAT she decides.”