“I have maintained, lost, and gained the same 10 pounds over and over again. She makes sure I never give up. Knowing I am setting a good example makes it all worth it.”
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“I have maintained, lost, and gained the same 10 pounds over and over again. She makes sure I never give up. Knowing I am setting a good example makes it all worth it.”
“They are the most resilient bunch of kindhearted, humbly self-aware, others-focused, socially responsible, humor-wielding, and good-to-the-core humans this world has ever seen. And I’m here for it. I can’t wait for it. I’m grateful to live in their presence.”
“Grieving during a pandemic is like nothing else.”
“I twitched and jolted so bad it woke me up. Tears came out of my eyes just trying to get out of bed. I counted the days down to my refill, and my life felt out of control until I got it.”
Betty was a special human whose groundbreaking work paved the way for so many. Her legacy will endure long after she’s gone.
“I got engaged 6 months after her diagnosis. My mom couldn’t help me plan the wedding we always dreamed about. It was like I had already lost my mom.”
“‘Don’t get attached to the numbers, things can change a lot.’ I was depressed, broken, and so empty… just like my follicles.”
“When you’re fighting for your life, time goes so very fast. Instead of being measured in 52 weeks, 365 days, 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes, it is measured in soft smiles, gentle hugs, tender kisses, and never-ending love.”
“I’d had four spinal surgeries. The medications surging through me could have caused anything from defects to a miscarriage. The doctors said if I wanted any chance to be a mother, I needed to be pregnant by the end of the year.”
“The adrenaline subsided and the reality of life set in. I was breathless and frantic, on high alert for disturbance and danger every minute of the day and night. A cloud of depression and dread lowered. I was one of the lucky ones.”