“Grief comes from love. If we never had to love, we wouldnât miss it. Celebrate the awesome beauty, but donât diminish the pain.”
âWhen I met her parents, it was the morning after my senior prom. We could barely see through our tears.â: Birth mom expresses the grief behind adoption
‘Today is a bad day, and thatâs okay. The bad days arenât every day.’: Mom shares encouraging message for overwhelmed parents
“Some days, I feel so much pressure. Itâs almost suffocating. So when I have a bad day like today, please donât ask me if Iâm fine. Iâm not fine today. But I know I will be tomorrow.”
‘You wonât love your ballerinas or your baby dolls forever. Each day youâll grow bigger, smarter, more independent.’: Mom cherishes little moments with her daughter while she can
âIâll do my best to relax, and appreciate who you are in this moment. And Iâll try not to worry about everything thatâs calling me away from you. âŁBecause tomorrow youâll be bigger, and I donât want to miss today.â
âI shook her hand andâBAMâlightning! I literally felt a shock when our hands met. I couldnât stop thinking about her.â: Woman comes out later in life, urges âitâs never too lateâ
âWe texted every day. Iâd never met someone I clicked with as much. A part of me knew we would get married someday. I felt fully known and seen by her.â
‘Not all heroes wear capes.’: Uber driver goes above and beyond to help distraught teen passenger during 1-95 Virginia disaster
“Iâm happy it was me that was her driver. Any other driver, Iâm not sure what would have happened.”
âI realized I couldnât remember the last time I had used the bathroom. The more I tried to go, the more pain I was in.â: Lupus warrior shares journey with multiple chronic illnesses
âI needed my boys to know mommy was okay, and we would get back to normal. But nothing was normal. I still had no feeling in my bladder. I thought my life was over, but I was so wrong.â
‘My father looked right at me and said, âI canât do this.â I spent my childhood bouncing around from home to home.’: Former foster youth urges âyou are enoughâ
“All those moments feeling alone, lost, and unloved helped me become the strong and resilient woman I am.â
The Biggest Parenting Lesson: You Are Not (Always) In Control
“Every day, I must put forth a certain level of trust things will be okay. I can’t be there for every fall. I can’t self-diagnose her every ailment on Web MD. And I certainly canât spend my days asking myself, ‘what if.'”
‘Hug the ones you love. Relish today.’: 15-year-old hockey player dies after neck lands on teammate’s ice skate blade
“Routine play turned tragic accident.”
At 17, He Was Months Shy Of Aging Out Of The Foster Care SystemâNow, He Has A Second Chance At Life
“When he arrived, he did everything in his power to try and sway my decision on taking him in. He was angry, because for the 7th time, he would be meeting a new family. He told me many stories to try and scare me away, but no matter what he would say to me, I sat and listened.”
Adorable Experiment Shows Even Blindfolded Kids Always Know Their Mom
The moms in waiting couldnât help but tear up.
‘The mole on the back of your neck is possibly cancerous. Please go see a doctor!’: Hockey fan who saved stranger’s life mid-game receives 10k for medical school expenses
“She’s a hero.”
‘I know what society says about dads, and they deserve way more recognitionâŁ. They do hard stuff too.⣒: Wife challenges stereotype, crediting dads for their effort
“Iâve seen all the memes and videos.⣠Iâve heard all the jokes.⣠But sometimes those stereotypes get it wrong.”
‘Itâs confusing, this motherhood business. But itâs beautiful.’: Woman shares changes, new ‘states of being’ after becoming a mother
“To live in a state of tension between opposite feelings and states of being. To be human when little people are expecting you to be superhuman. A business that has made me the strange being I am today.”
âWatching Oprah, topic of hoarders came on. I thought, ‘Oh wow. This is my mom. This is an actual mental illness.â: Woman shares journey with family of hoarders
âI saw my grandmother open our gate, place a lamp from our neighborâs garbage next to our door. A five-foot fake tree, an actual barrel of clothing, a big polar bear with an obvious spill on it. Living amongst it all was seriously frustrating.â
The Things I Wish I Knew At 19
âI was holding my 19-year-old face with my 42-year-old hands and tears were streaming down both of our faces.”
I Want The Kind Of Marriage That Makes My Kids Want To Get Married
“We built a foundation before having children, and it was the best thing we could have done.”
‘Some days I still feel anxious. Irritable. Sad. Yet, Iâm grounded. I havenât lost my footing.’: Woman shares how antidepressants have boosted her mental health
“If you are hurting, hiding, or lost today. If your mind wonât stop racing or your sadness doesnât match your circumstances. If you canât get that brick off your chest or catch your breath â maybe itâs time to get some help.⣔
‘Sometimes I’m afraid to talk about the extra. The extra challenges, the extra hardships, the extra care a child with a disability needs.’: Mom shares touching moment with special needs son, advocates for acceptance
“Somehow, people who need more are still seen as people who are less.”
‘Mom, you need to work out.â When I realized I wasnât able to run around with her, she became my âwhy.â: Mom shares health journey for daughter, âShe makes all the struggles worthwhileâ
âI have maintained, lost, and gained the same 10 pounds over and over again. She makes sure I never give up. Knowing I am setting a good example makes it all worth it.â
6-Year-Old Rallies Hockey Team With Cutest Pre-Game Speech
He may only be 6 years old, but Callan Perks is already reaching his goals.
‘A young lady in purple scrubs stopped ahead of us. ‘Did you really just do that?’ She teared up.’: Sisters share multiple acts of kindness with compassionate nurse
“Odd thing about having a moment like this with a stranger while wearing a mask – eyes are all you can see. Hers were pure kindness. Iâll never forget that special moment.”
‘I was the middle child of 3 and the only child placed for adoption. It was the most selfless thing my birth mom ever did.’: Adoptee reconnects with biological family, loses birth mom to addiction
“In 2004, social media such as Facebook or MySpace were only just coming about, so the chances of finding her were slim to none. It didn’t stop me from trying to search, though. I never thought anything of it after that night, until 3 months later when the phone rang.”
This Pandemic May Be Confusing, But It’s Clear Today’s Youth Is Growing Into The Most Resilient Humans We’ve Ever Seen
“They are the most resilient bunch of kindhearted, humbly self-aware, others-focused, socially responsible, humor-wielding, and good-to-the-core humans this world has ever seen. And Iâm here for it. I canât wait for it. Iâm grateful to live in their presence.”
‘It just happened. There was no planning. Little by little, the whole neighborhood started doing it.’: Act of kindness inspires community to connect in uniquely special way
âIt made me look up, literally and figuratively, above all the things that were dragging me down. It was light pushing back the darkness.â