“I’m convinced my husband is dead if he’s even five minutes late. I can’t drive behind log trucks because I get actual full-on mental pictures of the post-accident carnage. But I do a terrific job of ‘pretending.'”
‘Just stop being OCD and relax!’ I wish I could. Trust me.’: Woman gets real about mental health, urges ‘be kind to people’
‘Domestic violence is a funny thing. It can take YEARS to untangle the toxic beliefs in our minds.’: Woman celebrates 6 years of ‘freedom’ after getting out of abusive relationship
“She has taught me so much, led me home, and reminded me of my humanity. I love her.”
‘You need help. You’re NOT okay.’: New mom, divorcee finds ‘a way out of the darkness’ during postpartum depression
“The silence was better than him not being here. I’d get an email from him just simply saying, ‘I love you.’ In between heartache and the grief of losing my dad, I was letting go of my 7-year marriage to a man I realized never loved the REAL me.”
‘We have your husband.’ A pit formed in my stomach. Looking back, my heart hadn’t really begun to break yet.’: Widow shares ‘the pits and peaks of grief’ after losing husband
“The nurse drew the curtain back and I crumbled. His big feet stuck out from the sheets. I bent and kissed his head three times as we did every time we left each other.”
‘I waited 39 years to be a mom. I’m not going to waste a single moment.’: Mom teaches self-love to daughter
“I wanted her to have my heart and her dad’s wit. I did NOT want her to hear the ugly words I had once told myself. In order to be different for her, I needed to be different for me.”
‘He’s the perfect child for us!’ We noticed Little Man was struggling. I felt like we were ripping him away from all he knew.’: Same-sex couple share adoption journey
“We saw the profile of a little boy who had the most infectious smile. This was it. Our son was within reach.”
‘You treat them like they’re yours!’ She said it as if it were a bad thing. I made the heartbreaking decision to get ‘too attached.’: Foster mom celebrates reunification, ‘Every moment of doubt was worth it’
“Day in and day out, we kissed their boo-boos, cuddled them to sleep, and read them stories. My heart broke when I thought about the moments their parents were missing.”
‘I was tired of coughing up blood. People stared at the sick girl carrying the oxygen tank on her back. I had enough!’: Woman with Cystic Fibrosis survives double lung transplant
“At 16, my health deteriorated. I was oxygen-dependent 24 hours a day. I was tired of being breathless all the time and coughing non-stop. One morning, that life-changing phone call came.”
‘My doctor wrote off my symptoms as ‘being pregnant.’ I felt them cut me open.’: New mom urges awareness of PPCM
“They say your life flashes before your eyes when you die, but it was different for me. I wasn’t scared.”
‘I’d been on my phone. I might have judged another mom, had I seen her doing the same thing.’: Mom reminds others not to judge
“I couldn’t process what I’d heard. I still haven’t.”