“He then said, ‘Okay, my turn… close your eyes,’ so I did. When he told me to open them, he was on one knee holding a diamond. My grandmother’s diamond.”
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“Within the first year of parenting, we were in the trenches.”
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“When I turned 6, something began to grow on me. I was at my wit’s end with the torment. ‘I’ll never find happiness.’ Still, I knew there was purpose.”
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“I wish I didn’t have to see my mother dying. I can’t change anything. I have to live with it.”
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“They still hold hands when they take walks. My mom still has the countless letters of love my dad wrote when he was away. My dad still cuts flowers from his garden for her. All that mattered was the love they found then. It’s all that matters now.”
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“I asked, ‘Really?’ at least three times, thinking he was playing a cruel joke.”
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“You are a human, worthy of life and unconditional love.”
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“My in-laws said, ‘She will never be OUR family.’ I questioned how I could go on.”
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“As long as it means a child is safe and loved, I’m willing for my heart to be broken, over and over again.”
‘It’s not her, it’s him. She isn’t leaving.’ I sat there, wide-eyed, waiting for them to explain. I thought I was hurting my baby.’: Preemie warrior graduates NICU after emotional 67-day stay
“I told my husband I was heading to the hospital for fluids. ‘Same story, different day?’ The nurse turned the monitors away from me. That’s when everything changed.”