“I am not afraid of you anymore. I am a domestic abuse and sexual assault/rape survivor, NOT a victim, and I am not ashamed.”
‘You kicked me. You hit me. You controlled me. You isolated me. You criticized me. You bullied me. You blamed me. You made me feel like it was all my fault. I believed you.’
Cancer-Ridden Dog Lives To See Owner Walk Down Wedding Aisle After Supporting Through Her OWN Cancer Recovery
“Spike being there is what I wanted most. I wanted everyone to see him strut his stuff, and for him to get one final big day before what might be his last.”
‘She’s captured 24,000 photos of our family in less than one year. But barely any of them have her in it.’
“She says she wants more nice photos of herself and the boys. I guess she just wants to be part of the story too… And she deserves to be part of the story. She’s the BIGGEST part of the story.”
‘Huge tears rolled down my cheek. I was immediately taken back to the day my 6-year old son passed away’: Triggered by one sound, mom recalls her painful ‘dance with grief’
“Grief snuck up on me, grabbing me from behind, suffocating me. I closed my eyes, familiar with this feeling. I’ve been dancing with grief for 12 years and it still consumes me when I least expect it, spinning me out of control.”
‘So, I had colon cancer, thyroid cancer, and now I may not be able to and I wouldn’t be able to have children? It was too much.’
“My sister-in-law, was with me at the appointment where they told me I wouldn’t be able to have children. She told me she felt God telling her that she would help us start a family. She reached out and told us she wanted to volunteer as a surrogate for us.”
‘I ‘couldn’t’ have kids and my husband was ‘infertile.’ When I got pregnant, my baby had ‘no chance of survival.’ Yet, she made it.’: Premature baby ‘the size of a coke can’ thrives despite all odds
“The specialist I saw said there was less than 20% chance of survival. He also continued to tell me I was young and healthy, and I needed to try again. My heart fell to the floor. I wanted to scream and cry. ‘Why would we be blessed with this baby girl only for her to die?’ I grew angry. That anger soon turned to determination. I wasn’t giving up! I had already had several negative pregnancy tests! To our surprise, there was a little heartbeat.”
‘It’s confirmed, you are having quadruplets.’ We then understood why we had to wait to receive our miracles.’: Couple struggling with infertility become pregnant with four babies, ‘He looked like he was going to faint’
“He didn’t guarantee a successful pregnancy, but it was worth a try. I had seen so many negative pregnancy tests in the past that it was almost impossible for me to see the positive in this one. ‘Triplets, you are having triplets!’ And then he says, ‘the fourth sac will probably vanish since I didn’t hear a heartbeat.’”
3-year-old tearfully clutches her ‘Daddy Doll,’ asks mom ‘why did he have to leave?’
“Never could I have prepared myself for explaining to her it is okay to be sad, it is okay to cry and to be mad. And it is okay that your heart hurts.”
‘Men and women from nearby streets and businesses rushed to the van and used their bodies to stabilize it.’ Strangers rush accident scene, take heroic action
“When I realized what was happening, I was drawn to it the same as lots of people and I wanted to share what I witnessed.”
This Is For The Dads Who Show Up
“Children won’t remember that you were scared at their births, a little jealous of Mom, that you came home spent, that you would have rather been watching the game…”