“‘You may not be able to lift your right arm above your shoulder again. It could cause damage to your vocal cords. And you may experience numbness on the right side of your face.’ The tears I had been holding back came pouring down my face.”
‘There’s nothing like getting ready in the morning, wondering if your tumor is cancerous or giving you permanent nerve damage.’: Woman shares her struggles with nerve sheath tumor
‘If you want to be with me forever, why not now?’ There were TWO little beans. Suddenly, he seemed so distant.’: Mom shares difficult decision giving up twins after husband’s affair
“My daughter slipped one day. She told me this woman was in our apartment and slept in the bed with daddy. I knew this is what needed to happen. I had a broken home and they deserved a better life.”
‘The statistics were extremely stacked against me. Then, I was adopted.’: Former foster youth shares healing journey, ‘You are not responsible for what happened to you as a child’
“I experienced the stability and safe love I’d longed for years. And even though I tried to push it away, they never left me. My family was relentless in their commitment to loving me and helping me heal. No matter what I did – and I did a lot of things – they loved me.”
‘We are burnt out to a point of no return, just to keep up with this label of doing it ALL.’: Woman explains why modern ‘good wife’ is rooted in patriarchy
“She is encouraged to sacrifice, to ‘bounce back’ after carrying and birthing children, to be attractive, well kept, and still desirable by her partner and society. That’s IF she wants to be a good wife.”
‘I stayed in bed for hours of the day, didn’t eat for hours at a time, and lost a lot of weight. I felt like I didn’t matter to anyone.’: Young woman’s self-love journey started with a break-up
“Now, I always remember I am beautiful the way I am, inside and out. I wish I would’ve known that a long time ago.”
‘Thank you again, honey.’ I called back to tell her I mistakenly got her message. ‘Do you have a minute?’: Woman befriends stranger who dialed wrong number, shares special recipe
“‘You did your good deed for the day!’ Really, it was her sweet words and warmth that touched my heart.”
‘They told me, ‘There’s no way you have that. Take an antidepressant.’ I was in horrible pain and no one was listening to me.’: Woman living with chronic pain shares diagnosis journey
“Some days I am so hungry and have a fridge full of food, but I can’t eat it. When I do eat, the pain is so bad I’m curled up in a fetal position for the rest of the night. Then I wake up and I do it all over again.”
‘He said, ‘I just knew I was going to love you.’ I thought I would never find someone like this for me and my son.’: Mom shares non-traditional love story after teen pregnancy
“I had always wanted someone who would love my son like their own and here I had a man who wanted my son to stand next to him on the biggest day of his life. This wedding wasn’t going to just be a union of two people, but an official union of our family.”
‘I officially became a Girl Scouts troop leader, and I’m super excited about it! I know I’ll do just as good of a job as a woman.’: Single dad talks problems with gender role stereotypes
“Treating people right is about kindness and respect, not male or female. Raising children is about love and commitment, not mother or father.”
‘I sent my husband home while I delivered our baby girl. I could tell he wasn’t coping. I knew my life was about to get worse before it got better.’: After husband’s suicide, mom shares journey to find self-love
“I texted my mom. ‘We can have the kids,’ she replied. It was time to finally let go of my past experiences with love and open myself up again.”