“I left the ER with no answers. I began to give voice to the intense pain I experienced daily. ‘Something is very wrong with you!’ I smiled. Finally, someone believed me.”
‘I can’t breathe.’ My vision faded. Life wasn’t worth living. I was too expensive to be kept alive.’: Woman battles Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, ‘I’m on the road to acceptance’
‘The cashier said, ‘How old is your baby? She’s old. She doesn’t need to be breastfed.’: Mom urges ‘it’s none of your business how long someone nurses their child for’
“Since when is there a time limit on nursing your child? I’m 18 months in and she has no interest in stopping, and quite frankly, neither do I.”
‘I want to do one of those bikini shows.’ My ribs were visible and my face was sunken in. My body was dying.’: Former bodybuilder shares recovery journey, ‘You’re whole just as you are’
“My life revolved around food. I ripped apart eggs to only eat the whites, not the yolks. I ate the same amount of calories as a 3-year-old. My life was a train wreck.”
‘Let’s build it by hand!’ I didn’t know if we could do it. Now, I wouldn’t trade it for the world.’: Couple converts shuttle bus into ‘home on wheels,’ ‘It was built with so much love’
“Growing up, I heard adults hint, ‘Travel while you are young!’ We looked at plane tickets, but a week later, our flight was canceled. We agreed we needed a firm foundation to build on.”
‘My 14-year-old came into the bedroom with distressed eyes. ‘I was panicking last night and couldn’t sleep.’ This is the third time in 3 weeks.’: Mom stands in the gap for daughter battling anxiety
“I wish there was a simple fix. A magical playlist to erase her anxieties and ease the panic. I can’t take this burden from her, but I can wrap her in my embrace. For as long as she’ll let me, I will be her stand-in lullaby.”
I’m Living In A Van, And It’s The Best Decision I’ve Ever Made
“The strength of our relationship is built into every bit of wood, every nail, and screw, within our tiny home.”
‘Ew, get your cancer away from me.’ I have tumors in every bone. I hated feeling so different.’: Woman with Multiple Hereditary Exostoses advocates for disability rights, ‘I will be the change’
“I actually felt the needle scrape the bone and went straight to work after. When a coworker called me lazy for not offering her help, I was beyond myself. I posted on Facebook, finally exposing my secret to the world. That was the first step.”
‘I’ll see her in one month IF she makes it until then.’ He asked if we were related, multiple times. I was APPALLED.’: Mom births baby with dwarfism, ‘She’s doing AMAZING’
“I looked down at her hands and knew something was off. The mom in me knew. ‘So she’s going to be small? No big deal!’ We could tell there was something else he wasn’t telling us.”
‘That’s impossible.’ It felt like someone was touching a cold spoon to my calf. Half of my torso went numb. Everyone was stumped.’: Woman diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, ‘You’re not alone’
“I’d scratch and pinch at the sides of my stomach. ‘Is this in my head?’ I experienced cold spots on my legs. When I moved my neck, I’d feel a rush of electricity through my legs. It was invisible to everyone but me.”
‘I was knocked into the air and heard my knee POP. ‘Oh no, not again.’ All my hard work was wasted.’: Athlete overcomes knee injuries, ‘I’m finding achievement off the field’
“I felt my left leg just tighten up. I instantly began crying because I knew this couldn’t be good. My teammates helped me off the court. I needed to prove I was good enough.”