“One girl who I really had a crush on made the ‘chink eyes’ as a joke, so I played along, did the same thing. She said, ‘You don’t have to do that.’ I went into the bathroom, looked in the mirror at my chink eyes, and cried.”
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“I gave birth to a baby boy. My life was no longer mine to destroy.”
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“I was drowning in the most overwhelming grief I had ever felt. The denial was VERY real.”
‘Can you remove this freckle? I think it’s ugly!’ He examined the skin of my cold, nervous body. I felt like life was playing a joke on me.’: Melanoma survivor shares cancer journey
“My heart was racing. ‘Please tell me I don’t have cancer!’ I cried and punched the steering wheel. My whole world came to a screeching halt.”
‘Stay below the radar. Don’t be trouble.’ But I CAN’T stay silent.’: Woman speaks out against Asian hate
“’No trouble,’ ‘Sorry,’ ‘No English,’ ‘I am no trouble,’ phrases we were taught to use to remain invisible, to not be involved, no matter how many insults are thrown our way.”
‘I waddled into every appointment alone. There was no babymoon, no one fawning over my pregnant belly.’: First-time mom gives birth during pandemic, learns ‘what resilience looks like’
“I couldn’t go shopping for baby clothes or nursery furniture. I went through this alone. Then the silver lining of this crazy pandemic showed itself.”
‘Just to put it out there, I have two kids and I’m going through a divorce.’ Nothing could’ve made me run away faster.’: Woman shares the ‘ebb and flow’ of being a stepmom, ‘I CHOOSE to love these kids’
“The messy divorce swallowed up our new relationship. ‘Lex, my mom said I can’t call you mom.’ It took months of walking on eggshells.”
‘Just quit. You can’t keep doing this to yourself.’ I took the leap of faith and decided to leave my job.’: Woman shares powerful reminder ‘you are going to make it’
“I wasn’t ready, at least not financially. I’d never not been employed. I had a mortgage. Credit cards. Living expenses. Groceries. Insurance. Children. Dogs. People and things that relied on me. But by staying there, I was losing myself. After the 8th week of crying in my living room, it was time to dive into my best life, directed by the best version of me.”
‘Your baby has a significant limb discrepancy.’ I wanted to hide my pregnancy. I didn’t talk about the baby.’: Mom shares journey with ‘suffocating’ postpartum depression
“After the news, I withdrew. I felt trapped, suffocated by own body, my own thoughts. These were NOT the feelings I imagined having as a mother.”
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“Parents and teens are struggling together. Teens just have a harder time expressing it.”