“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.”
‘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
‘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.”
The special moment when a stranger mentioned my children in heaven
“You don’t know me, but I took care of you when you gave birth. I remember Parker and Abby, and of course Peyton.”
‘For the caretakers who are left behind: Those amazing, beautiful, selfless souls who dedicated their lives to the welfare of another human being.’ What this grieving wife wants you to know to help you heal
“I want you to know how much admiration and respect I have for you, but I also want you to know this…”
I Knew I had Cancer Because I Trusted my Intuition
“I am only beginning to digest the gravity of the impact that diagnosis had on me: as a mother and wife. Moreover, how it changed me.”
‘You’re so small.’ ‘Aren’t pregnant women supposed to gain weight?’: Mom gives birth to 2-pound preemie after umbilical cord complications
“My doctor kept looking at my pregnant belly with a look of concern. ‘How much did you weigh before this pregnancy?’ she asked. The umbilical cord was giving our son nutrients, but not enough. His body was being starved. Every day was a gamble that the umbilical cord would stop working.”
‘I screamed out, ‘I can’t lose my baby!’, with tears streaming down my face. But deep down I knew.’
“After 296 days in the hospital we got to bring our son we nicknamed ‘Tough Hough’ and ‘Texas Tornado’, home for the first time in his life. He’s flourishing and hasn’t looked back once.”
‘Had I known a mere 13 weeks was all I had with this child, I would have said ‘good night and good morning’ more often.’
“I am sorry but I can’t find a heartbeat’ said the sonographer empathically.”
‘My husband and I were never going to have children of our own. The realization was crushing. I entered the OR, and my journey ended.’
“We are still waiting for the phone call that will change our lives. We set up a nursery, hoping we would get lucky. We bought a car seat and stroller, so we were prepared at a moments notice. For now, we wait.”
‘Our daughter no longer had a heartbeat. I threw up and cried all at once.’: Best friend steps in as surrogate to give heartbroken couple ‘last chance for a baby’
“I will make sure there isn’t a day that goes by our Faith doesn’t know how special she is; how her life gave my life meaning again, and about the very special person who helped give her life.”