“No gas. Not a drop. And so I sat there, with my kids crying in the backseat, on the cold pavement: sad, guilty, annoyed, and alone. I had no way to get us home.”
‘Instead of filling up my own car, I decided to do something nice and fill theirs up first. But when I went to put gas into my tank, there wasn’t anything left.’
‘I’m going to see my friend, Harold.’ A stranger. I look back, and I see our garbage man on his knees next to my father.’: Garbage man comforts old man with Alzheimer’s
“My father saw me crying the night before. I’m typically a very upbeat person but I was having a ‘feel sorry for myself’ moment. As I sat on the porch, I heard the garbage truck in the distance, and my father walking down the driveway. ‘I would like a moment with Harold so we can pray for you.’ Our garbage man, a stranger, was on his knees praying with my father for me as I was ugly crying. This disease can never stop my father’s love.”
‘Your child’s teacher will spend way more than this, of their own money, on their students, in just one quarter of the year.’
“Today I went school supply shopping for my daughters. I spent $150 on the supplies. My frugal mind balked as the cart began filling up.”
‘Hey, I know you and Ash have been wanting to foster. Talk with your wife and let me know what’s up.’: Family adopts 6 children after struggling with infertility
“I called my brother and he explained to me: ‘Man, you know what? I just found out the 3 are actually part of a family of 6… now I know this seems like a bit of a jump, but I know if anyone can do it, you and your wife can.”
‘He lives in Heaven, so he has special powers that tell him where to set the pennies so we will see them!’
“At my father’s funeral, a friend came up to me with a penny in her hand. She said, ‘This was sitting at my feet during the service, I think it’s supposed to be yours. It looks like your dad is trying to say hi.’ It was one of the first ‘signs’ my dad sent me.”
‘For 250 days, we held you in our hearts. Today, we hold you in our arms.’: Fort Hood soldier’s reunion with family will move you to tears
“The day before Bryan was supposed to come home, we received the devastating news that he wouldn’t be home the next day and that we had to wait 5 more days, which won’t seem like a lot to some people, but those days felt like years.”
‘As we entered our street, the driver said, ‘Which house is it? Oh…never mind, you’ve got quite a crowd waiting.’: Parents overwhelmed by homecoming surprise after newborn daughter spends 195 days in the hospital
“I looked out the ambulance window and started bawling as I saw the crowd so excitedly yelling for Ellie. I couldn’t help but think about heaven, and how I could taste a small glimpse of what it will be like.”
I Don’t Want To Raise Church Kids
“Matter of fact, it’s one of my biggest fears.”
I Got Asked My Due Date When I Wasn’t Pregnant, And I’m OK With That
“It happened. I got asked the three words every woman dreads when she is not pregnant.”
I Have A Little Girl Who Is Not Mine (Inside My Life As A Surrogate)
“YES – it’s a little heart wrenching thinking ‘is that what my little girl would look like if I had a girl?!’”