“I stood standing in the church parking lot, tears pouring from my eyes. ‘I don’t think you’ll let me come back to church.’ I was correct.”
‘Miss Savannah, I’m gay.’ I was told I was never really a Christian.’: Non-binary queer person urges ‘you still belong’
‘Sarah got down on one knee. ‘Will you marry me?’ I pulled out a ring and said, ‘Only if you marry me.’: Lesbian couple share emotional love story
“We ended up under the same blanket on the couch. That night, we went up to my room, kissing and laughing. When we woke up, we agreed we shouldn’t mention it to anyone. After a few days, we both knew something needed to change.”
‘I’m in kidney failure.’ He needed dialysis 4 hours a day, 3 days a week to keep him alive. I felt a tug at my heart.’: Woman enters ‘humbling’ kidney donation program for friend
“We had an instant connection that’s kind of unexplainable. We’d talk at 5:30 a.m. while he drove to dialysis. I realized this is what God was calling me to do.”
‘This moment will stick with me forever. She became REAL to me.’: Father to daughter born with limb difference creates fictional world ‘aiming to accurately represent disability’
“I wanted to fulfill the promise I made to my daughter. I wanted HER to be the hero.”
‘How can a BLIND guy go to the cinema?’ The choice to use a cane is a HUGE step.’: Man with Retinitis Pigmentosa raises awareness for sight loss
“I’ve had people question everything I do, putting barriers in front of me, assuming I’m incapable of doing something a typical person can do.”
‘When I held that precious bundle to my chest, I waited for that awe-filled moment. Instead, I felt relief.’: Mom after infertility says ‘motherhood is tough but so are you’
“We’re told, over and over again, to avoid accidental pregnancies. ‘It only takes one time!’ But for us, that wasn’t the case.”
‘The doctor entered the room, crying. ‘We found masses all over.’: Woman diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma wants to ‘change the way the world sees cancer’
“The oncologist described it as the ‘good cancer.’ Then in the same breath, he said I had 7 months to live. It didn’t seem very ‘good’ to me.”
‘Dad’s not waking up.’ I saw him lying in bed, blood coming from one nostril.’: Woman raises awareness for intergenerational trauma
“I went to grab his shoulders to shake him awake, but my hand touched something hard. It took a second for my eyes to make out what I was holding. It was the handgun.”
‘For the girls, it was just hanging a flag. For me, I was taking a stand.’: Dads hang pride flag on their house for the first time ever
“I’m owning who we are.”
‘Sorry to disappoint, but we were adopted.’ He was disgusted. I felt like a possession, not a person.’: Adoptee shares difficult childhood, fosters and adopts daughter
“Serenity was vulnerable and scared, and I could see she personified me and my childhood. I was bound and determined to change and make things better for her.”