“Don’t ever let someone think they have control over you. Don’t ever be a young, terrified version of me. You are strong. You are fearless. I believe in you. Believe that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Run and find it.”
‘I became pregnant. I was terrified. A dark shadow came across his eyes. He knew I was even more trapped in his spell.’ Teen mom’s incredible story of survival with her baby born from ‘the devil himself’
Today, A Stranger At The Splash Pad Taught Me To Relinquish My Fears
“She was in there, in-it-to-win-it style. She was soaking wet, going down the water slide, laughing with her kids on her lap. She was having so much fun. She didn’t care that her jean shorts were going to be miserable on the ride home. She didn’t care that black mascara was streaming down her face. She didn’t care that her white shirt was stuck to her like shellac on fingernails.”
My Upbringing Was Wonderful, And I Still Became A Drug Addict
“Today I celebrate 12 years of sobriety.”
I Learned A Lesson On Road Rage Today, And I Will Never Forget It
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.”
‘If you’re like me, you hate getting sunburned.’: Woman’s genius hack to heal a TERRIBLE SUNBURN
“I told a friend about a sunburn treatment that works wonders! She’d never heard about it, so I figured I’d make a post. This takes the heat out of it fast and makes it more comfortable on you.”
‘Just like most moms, the modern world is kicking her ass.’
“The modern world tells her she needs to contribute financially; but judges her for leaving her babies in the hands of others to do so.”
My Baby Never Came Home With Me
“One week after we lost our daughter, we walked in the door to our apartment.”
‘When I was by myself, so deep in the woods the trail was invisible, I considered turning back.’ Woman eloquently describes her journey with running
“If you run, you are a runner. It doesn’t matter how fast or how far. It doesn’t matter if today is your first day or if you’ve been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run.”
– John Bingham
‘He didn’t understand why anyone would see it as an issue, or as a valid reason to not date a girl.’: Woman with port wine stain birthmark finds true love
“It was obvious on my dating profile. It was shown in all my pictures, it was written within my ‘about me’ section. I was intentional about it being obvious.”
5 Reasons Single Moms Are Incredibly Attractive
“There’s no ‘Honey Do’ list for single moms. There’s a ‘I have to do this list’ they make for themselves. That amount of grit and determination is so unbelievably beautiful to me.”
‘I think about the vows they took 68 years ago, and how they have lived up to all of them.’ Lovebirds never ‘dreamed’ of dementia, but still believe they hit the marriage ‘jackpot’
“They take walks. They laugh. They love. They wake up to a new adventure every day. It is not what I hoped or dreamed for them, but in the end, they still have each other and for them – it is enough.”
The special moment when a stranger mentioned my children in heaven
“You don’t know me, but I took care of you when you gave birth. I remember Parker and Abby, and of course Peyton.”
‘For the caretakers who are left behind: Those amazing, beautiful, selfless souls who dedicated their lives to the welfare of another human being.’ What this grieving wife wants you to know to help you heal
“I want you to know how much admiration and respect I have for you, but I also want you to know this…”
I Knew I had Cancer Because I Trusted my Intuition
“I am only beginning to digest the gravity of the impact that diagnosis had on me: as a mother and wife. Moreover, how it changed me.”
‘You’re so small.’ ‘Aren’t pregnant women supposed to gain weight?’: Mom gives birth to 2-pound preemie after umbilical cord complications
“My doctor kept looking at my pregnant belly with a look of concern. ‘How much did you weigh before this pregnancy?’ she asked. The umbilical cord was giving our son nutrients, but not enough. His body was being starved. Every day was a gamble that the umbilical cord would stop working.”
‘I screamed out, ‘I can’t lose my baby!’, with tears streaming down my face. But deep down I knew.’
“After 296 days in the hospital we got to bring our son we nicknamed ‘Tough Hough’ and ‘Texas Tornado’, home for the first time in his life. He’s flourishing and hasn’t looked back once.”
‘Had I known a mere 13 weeks was all I had with this child, I would have said ‘good night and good morning’ more often.’
“I am sorry but I can’t find a heartbeat’ said the sonographer empathically.”
‘My husband and I were never going to have children of our own. The realization was crushing. I entered the OR, and my journey ended.’
“We are still waiting for the phone call that will change our lives. We set up a nursery, hoping we would get lucky. We bought a car seat and stroller, so we were prepared at a moments notice. For now, we wait.”
The Heartbreaking Reality Of Saying Goodbye To My Foster Child
“How do I tell my three boys, whom have formed an incredible bond with her, that their baby sister is leaving?”
‘Our daughter no longer had a heartbeat. I threw up and cried all at once.’: Best friend steps in as surrogate to give heartbroken couple ‘last chance for a baby’
“I will make sure there isn’t a day that goes by our Faith doesn’t know how special she is; how her life gave my life meaning again, and about the very special person who helped give her life.”
‘He was both deaf and blind. That’s when this lovely young woman came into the picture.’: 15-year-old helps stranger aboard flight to make sure ‘his needs were met’
“It was a beautiful reminder, in this time of too much awfulness, that there are still good, good people who are willing to look out for each other.”
They Say You Only Have 18 Summers With Your Kids, And I’m On Number 18
“My head knows this is a good thing, but my heart? It just hurts.”
‘My liver was shutting down. I could no longer carry my pregnancy without serious risk to us both. Everything came crashing down. I had done everything right!’
“Before I could process I had given birth to you, you were placed on my chest and I started crying. The crying that your soul has been fulfilled.”
‘I was part of the ‘human rights violations’ taking place on the border.’ Confessions from a paramedic on the border
“Through the course of my career I have spent, off and on, 15 years working as a medic on the border.”
Having A New Baby Is Like Starting A New Job
“You start off with the three month probation period, the most difficult three months in your career. Your boss is basically a jerk. He told you the hours were flexible and ‘family friendly,’ but what he meant was you’d be working overnight without double time or a toilet break.”