“It was a massive stroke. Big enough to kill a grown man. It was horrifying. This could not be happening to us.”
‘Babies don’t have strokes! Or so we thought.’ Mom warns of son’s pediatric stroke in the womb, wasn’t aware until he was 6 months old
‘I’m broken emotionally’: Woman’s infertility battle captured in this breathtakingly powerful photo
“Infertility is a loss. The death of a dream. I needed my voice to be heard. I needed to show people what I was feeling, because there are no words for a grief so strong.”
‘The exact moment she fell completely in love with him’ After 60 hours, mom meets her premature baby
“I hope this video can show people love is the most important thing in anyone’s life. Without it we simply exist, when the goal is to live.”
Dad Surprises Daughter With Shaved Head When She Wakes From Brain Surgery
“I have never felt more love than I have in that moment.”
‘I was a victim, but I am a survivor’: Woman’s miraculous journey from scarring physical abuse, to severe PTSD, to ‘hope and happiness’
“15 years after my trauma, I am still learning to love my body for what it is, scars and all. It has taken a long time for me to be comfortable showing them, but they are mine and they remind me how far I have come. Your trials in life will make or break you. I was a victim, but I am a survivor.”
‘Why can’t she stay? But we’re her brothers.’ Mom details heartbreaking foster care experience
“The next time I see that all-too-familiar phone number pop up on my caller ID, asking if we are willing and able to open up our hearts and take in another child who needs us to sacrifice everything we have in order to love them for an undetermined amount of time…I already know what my answer will be.”
‘Dementia took the only thing my grandmother had left from her, the ability to breathe. These last moments will last with me for eternity.’
“Getting to hear my grandmother tell me ‘I love you too’ still makes me emotional. Although being unresponsive at points, she knew who I was.”
I Let My Daughters See My Perfectly Imperfect Body
“My hope is that my daughters will always stand tall, confident in the knowledge that their body is a gift from God…and love it.”
‘Our beautiful girl has been subjected to awful bullying at school.’
“I spent 90 mins with the police as they tried to determine if it was photographing and distribution of pornographic material.”
‘I received devastating news about a past student of mine. The kind of news that shakes you to your core.’: Woman describes difficulty of teaching at the poverty level, but how it’s worth it because ‘another child feels safe enough to give you a piece of their heart’
“When I went into the teaching profession, people told me it would be difficult. The state testing will be crushing. The pay will be dismal. But this news? Nobody prepared me for that.”