“No child should have to look down at a friend lying in a coffin and watch as their family kisses them goodbye.”
‘Like a farewell she had foreseen’: Parkland student honors her best friend, a victim, on her birthday
‘With his body full of tumors, he kept working. He wanted to be normal. He just wanted to be a cop.’: Wife’s tremendous grief after husband’s pancreatic cancer diagnosis
“Sounds were coming out of her mouth. I assume they were words, but I can’t remember any of them. I do, however, remember her face. She took a deep breath before she said it. She cocked her head to the side. She slightly shrugged her shoulders. I remember she made this weird sound before she delivered the news. I remember Chad’s reaction, and I remember feeling like I had just been hit by a truck.”
‘Who needs bouquets when you can have puppies?!’: Bride and groom have rescue puppy ‘cuteness overload’ at their wedding
“We’ve raised baby piglets and cows before, so this can’t be much different!”
Marine helps with friend’s baby via emergency C-section: ‘She was so emotional and scared’
“I knew she was new to Yuma and didn’t have friends here and this was her first baby.”
Family combats mom’s painful dementia journey with humor
“When I kiss her goodbye she still always says, ‘I love you so much.’ She may not know our names but she knows what love feels like.”
Marine’s wife recalls range of emotions during husband’s deployments: ‘Everyone is cracked wide open and wrecked’
“He feels like he is losing influence and input in regards to parenting and the ability to provide guidance in raising the kids. I feel like I am carrying the load and responsibility for the mothership.”
Photographer rejoices mothers’ stretch marks, scars in gorgeous Gold Dust Project
“Many women have spoken about their guilt towards disliking their bodies, but then their gratification to have their scars and marks, because at the end of the day, their bodies have done absolutely miraculous things of bringing a baby into the world.”
‘Go be with your family’: Strangers buy Florida teen $700 flight home after Parkland shooting
“I look up and the troopers, without hesitation, are opening their wallets and handing over their credit cards.”
Dad’s daily lunchbox notes for daughter give inspiring lessons for a lifetime
“My lunch table came to expect these notes. As soon as my friends and I sat down to eat, they’d look at me expectantly to see what pearls of wisdom my dad provided.”
‘She is perfect’: Mom discovers baby has Down syndrome after dramatic water birth
“I knew that something was different. As soon as I looked down, I saw it. I saw it in my baby’s face. I thought to myself… my baby has Down syndrome.”
