“I woke up in a white room by myself. ‘A few minutes later, you’d be dead.’ I looked down at my stomach and was very confused about the ladder-like line of staples holding my entire abdomen together.”
‘I was life-flighted. I had a tube down my throat I didn’t want, so I took it out.’: Woman shares trauma after weight-loss surgery
‘Our daughter tried to record the Easter Bunny. She awoke to find a video of glitter, bunny hopping sounds, and flashing lights. Suddenly, her Easter basket appeared.’: Widow talks navigating grief during holidays
“We’re all living a ‘grief life,’ whether it’s death, divorce, the loss of a job, the home we grew up in, friends – anything that was important to us. It’s okay not to be okay this holiday, but it’s also okay to feel good.”
‘Days before Christmas, I anxiously woke to Jake hitting me in the back. ‘He has 6 to 12 months left to live.’: Woman raises money for brain cancer research after late boyfriend’s passing
“He tried to grab my hand and say, ‘Make it end now, please.’ Once the hospital bed arrived, he never left it again. I lived and died a thousand times. What many had experienced in a lifetime together, I got condensed into 5 years.”
‘The only sin worse than MURDER is same-sex attraction.’ Then HE came along.’: Man comes out, adopts daughter, ‘I’ve found a life once unimaginable’
“I know a woman who is pregnant and her ideal home is with a gay couple. Would you be interested?’ Our mouths dropped. It almost felt like a joke.”
‘Will you walk me down the aisle?’ It was SURREAL to see them together.’: Woman regains relationship with estranged father, ‘I needed to heal’
“My dad told me, ‘I tried to bring you a birthday cake EVERY YEAR.’ I decided I didn’t want to miss any more time without him.”
‘How long have you had that mole?’ The worry didn’t change anything. All it did was take away my peace.’: Woman urges ‘we should all worry less’
“I was 100% sure it was a melanoma. I looked at it every day, thinking what treatment would be like.”
‘That’s the ring you drew on me!’: Woman recounts amazing story of finding ring exactly like drawing at thrift store
“My partner jokingly proposed to me by drawing an opal ring on my finger. It was the universe telling me I made the right choice.”
‘It started very slowly. First, it was the shakiness of her hands. ‘GOD PLEASE, HELP!’ Next thing I knew, my precious 3-year-old was convulsing uncontrollably.’: Mom shares ‘unexpected blessing’ of daughter with Rett Syndrome
“‘How is this even the same girl?’ I wish I could remember the last time she said ‘mama.’ If I knew I may never hear it again, I would’ve recorded it to play whenever I needed the reminder.”
‘I’ve been told my feelings are ‘too much.’ The more I heard it, the more I believed it. The world always seems to find a way of telling us we need correcting.’: Woman urges ‘your gift isn’t your shortcoming’
“After sharing this comment with my friend, her reply stopped me in my texting tracks. I had a midnight moment of flickering lights all over my spirit.”
‘My mom is a THEY, not a boy or a girl.’: Nonbinary parent celebrates Trans Day of Visibility
“They treat us like it’s contagious. But being trans is such a GORGEOUS thing.”