“There we were, sitting in a parking lot, meeting our daughter for the first time. She had the biggest eyes and was so tiny. My heart pounded. I knew at this moment we’d love her.”
‘We’re having a hard time finding placement for this little girl. We don’t quite know what’s wrong with her yet.’: Couple adopt special needs daughter from foster care
‘What you see on social media is NOT life.’: Young woman discusses mental health awareness, ‘You’re never a burden’
“I’d be lying if I said I could even remember why I was crying.”
‘Who’s going to be my dad?’ I didn’t even get to say goodbye. He was already gone.’: Woman shares grief of losing father at age 9, ‘He was my first true love’
“I entered the hospital room to see my dad lying lifeless, his feet cold. I felt sick to my stomach. In everything I’ve done in life, he was always missing.”
‘Sitting on the same couch where we got my mom’s diagnosis, I got my son’s.’: Woman becomes multigenerational caregiver, ‘They were made for each other’
“I laughed in disbelief. At 27, I was a caregiver twice.”
‘We don’t just give up on our kids. So we won’t give up on you.’: Foster youth shares touching story of finding belonging with 14th family
“Like many foster youth, I set out to destroy myself, and it almost happened. When I couldn’t see my future on the other side of all the trauma I had endured, family #14 chose to.”
‘I know this, I just don’t know how to get YOU to know.’ I could see how difficult it was for her.’: 3 women become teachers together, ‘We are raising the future’
“Our parents were raised in different countries which didn’t carry out the same educational system. We realized we’d like to change that for FUTURE generations.”
‘Our struggles are NOT isolated. You DESERVE to be supported.’: Yogi gives coping tips for mental health awareness month
“DON’T shy away from being held up by others. It’s a DAILY battle.”
‘The doctor said, ‘Put your camera down. There’s something on her skin.’ She was born in a hard, thick cocoon.’: Girl with Harlequin Ichthyosis proves ‘beauty is not just skin deep’
“Soon, the tips of her fingers fell off. One grandma asked, ‘Why didn’t you put sunscreen on your daughter?’ as if she was burnt. I couldn’t believe that came out of her mouth.”
‘The doctor said, ‘I’m pretty sure this is something you’ll live with for the rest of your life. Good luck.’: Woman diagnosed with lupus says ‘we are warriors’
“I sat the phone down and ugly cried in my car. I was only 27. I wasn’t supposed to be sick.”
‘He was in tears. ‘Baby, it’s bad news.’ It was our last conversation. He was unable to talk the very next day.’: Widowed mother ‘piecing life back together’ after tragic loss of husband
“I watched my gorgeous husband’s body betray him. I held my breath, waiting for him to take another, but it didn’t happen. The woman I was died with him.”
‘My sister is dead. Her babies… I don’t even have money to feed them.’ Their mom was murdered in front of them by their father. They had no one.’: Woman adopts brothers
“He sent me a video of his sister’s lifeless body being pulled from the river. ‘We have to save these boys.’”
‘I met a girl at a party last weekend. Funniest girl I’ve ever met. So I tried to be hilarious, too. And it made me feel tired.’: Woman shares important journey to self-love, ‘I’m my own bully’
“I saw a mom at my son’s school yesterday. She packed her kids healthy lunches and they actually freaking ate them. So last night I tried to force-feed my kids carrots and meatloaf, and they cried.”
‘Oh, I know Papa Luis!’ His big brown eyes looked at me. ‘He was sitting on a cloud with me when I was waiting to be born.’: Boy details meeting grandpa who passed from lung cancer in heaven
“He said matter-of-factly, ‘Papa Luis sat with me on a cloud and told me it would soon be my turn, and not to worry. God just had to find the perfect family for me.’ I hugged him with tears in my eyes.”
‘I heard her whisper, ‘This isn’t a movie… this is your life now.’ They don’t have our last name, we just ARE.’: Woman adopts 8 after feeling ’magnetically, divinely drawn’
“We learned to make Haitian legume and they learned to make Nashville hot chicken. We learned to dance Koompa and they learned to two-step. I can’t imagine us being any more family than this.”
‘One day he sat me down and said, ‘Stop bullsh-tting. Start your OWN non-profit.’ It was the little push I needed.’: Young woman opens non-profit animal rescue
“My love for animals had been inside my soul forever. It was the little push I needed.”
Life Will Not Be Better If You Could Just Become A Different Size
“Take it from me. I’ve worn a size small and I’ve worn a 3X.”
‘We deliver everlasting hugs to anyone who may need it.’: Grieving family send over 10k suicide prevention blankets after mom of 3 passes away
“We were in such a dark place, we had to find a way out. We chose to put Annie in front of us, not behind us.”
‘Try to get him breathing!’ Experts said he’d remain in a semi-vegetative state for the rest of his life.’: Mom of near-drowning victim preaches water safety after ‘preventable accident’
“Leaving the bathroom remains the biggest regret of my life.”
‘I’m living proof things can and do get better.’: Woman returns to place of suicide attempt with notes of hope for others
“I was very nearly just another statistic.”
‘Without any praise we tell her, ‘You are lucky to have a man who helps.’: Mom urges ‘dads are not babysitters, they’re parents’
“Dads are not babysitters, and mothers are not machines.”
‘The tests came back perfect, so you can stop convulsing. Take some Advil and SUCK IT UP.’: Chronic Lyme Disease warrior details journey, ‘I celebrate my small victories’
“Do you see her? There’s something VERY wrong.’ A group of my friends stood right outside the door, praying for divine intervention.”
‘No matter WHAT you see on the internet, NO ONE has it all together.’: Mom of twins gives early motherhood advice, ‘It’s a game of ‘winging it’
“If someone offers help, DON’T fight it. Just say YES.”
‘I was scanning a blog when I saw his picture. My heart leaped. ‘Oh! There you are.’: After losing mother to drunk driver, woman adopts special needs son
“The brokenness I felt is how hundreds of millions of children feel. I could change this for another child. We began our journey that night.”
‘Do not start anything in life you do not finish.’: Elderly man graduates college with honors after 43-year hiatus
“One Sunday afternoon, I knocked on the door of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.”
‘On his way home, he was hit by 3 cars and left to die in the street.’: Widow welcomes miracle baby after losing husband in hit-and-run
“In the midst of my pain and loneliness, God knew what I needed. New love crept in.”