“We are not going anywhere. We are here, dammit. LGBT families deserve dignity, respect, and the chance to live like you.”
‘How can a black daughter go to white gay men!?!’: LGBT adoptive dads in mixed-race family raise awareness about discrimination
‘After two miscarriages, I started to believe I’d never have a baby.’: Woman surprised with double rainbow baby after child loss
“I said, ‘It’s happened again,’ handing my husband the pregnancy test and rolling my eyes. I purely expected the worst to happen. But at 6 weeks, when I experienced cramping and went for an emergency scan, I was shocked to see a baby with a healthy heartbeat!”
‘Seasons aren’t just for calendar years.’: Young widow reflects on personal seasons of grief
“When you live with grief, you realize it’s not so much stages that you pass through over and over, it’s seasons. And I’ll tell you, these aren’t filled with pumpkin spice or a coconut breeze.”
‘I was using whatever was available to cope.’: Woman overcomes eating disorder, addiction to become mental health advocate
“‘No one wants to help me because I’m going to die?’ And he said, ‘Well yeah, I’m sorry. But I’ll keep trying.’ Two months passed, and every day for two months I was still using fentanyl.”
Your Mind And Body Are A Gift — Do Not Neglect Them
“The warning signs were there but I never slowed down. Slowing down meant time to think, time to think meant time to feel, time to feel meant time to get emotional, and I feared once I started I would never stop.”
Infertility Warrior Surprised With Miracle Twins After Miscarriage, Ectopic Pregnancy
“I’ll never forget my husband raising his hands in excitement and shouting, ‘I’m going to be a daddy!’ Never stop praying, never stop believing, never lose hope. Here I am living out my real life happily ever after.”
I Am A Lot Of Things, So Please Stop Seeing Me As Just A ‘Midget’
“I don’t need to be reminded that I’m different. I’m a lot. A lot of love. A lot of grit. A lot of grace. A lot of brave.”
Child Abuse Survivor Adopted At Age 37 By Loving Family Who Took Her In As Teen
“At the dinner table, I asked Gina and Bill if I could call them mom and dad. Mom started crying and said, ‘OF COURSE YOU CAN, we would love nothing more than to be your parents!’ We decided to make it official. I proudly signed my name on the line next to theirs.”
‘I hid it for years, ashamed to tell my therapist.’: Bulimia, sexual abuse survivor talks road to recovery
“None of us know how trauma will show up in our lives. For some, including me, trauma made me feel better, for a short time. The events had struck me so hard and were so completely overwhelming, the trauma was almost a convenient distraction. That was until the mist cleared and the reality of the guilt, pain, and horror of those events hit home.”
‘I knew deep within me, I just had to survive.’: Woman born into sex trafficking shares journey to freedom, becomes advocate
“I believe I am here to help others by shining light on this darkness, through love and humility. I am so passionate about this due to my own lived experiences.”