“I saw my grandmother open our gate, place a lamp from our neighbor’s 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.”
‘Watching Oprah, topic of hoarders came on. I thought, ‘Oh wow. This is my mom. This is an actual mental illness.’: Woman shares journey with family of hoarders
‘I was 19 again. I wanted to shout, ‘RUN! And Do. Not. Look. Back.’ I didn’t love her well enough then.’: Woman shares conversation with younger self, ‘I will do better about loving this now self’
“Even though I can’t save her from what is coming, I at least want her to know to hold on tight to her heart through those things. That even though it would break, she wouldn’t.”
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“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, I’m grounded. I haven’t lost my footing.’: Woman shares how antidepressants have boosted her mental health
“If you are hurting, hiding, or lost today. If your mind won’t stop racing or your sadness doesn’t match your circumstances. If you can’t get that brick off your chest or catch your breath — maybe it’s 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.’ When I realized I wasn’t able to run around with her, she became my ‘why.’: Mom shares health journey for daughter, ‘She makes all the struggles worthwhile’
“I 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.”
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‘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. I’ll 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.”
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“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 I’m here for it. I can’t wait for it. I’m 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
“It made me look up, literally and figuratively, above all the things that were dragging me down. It was light pushing back the darkness.”
‘Instead of saying, ‘Let me know if you need anything,’ just do something.’: Widow offers advice to those supporting a loved one through grief
“Grieving during a pandemic is like nothing else.”
‘One of the kindest moments I’ve ever witnessed.’: Stranded Virginia motorists receive free baked goods from delivery truck
“We didn’t think it would actually work, but less then 20 minutes later we got an incredible surprise.”
‘You won’t be able to remember your address by the time you’re 40,’ the doctor told me. I still didn’t stop.’: Woman overcomes Xanax, alcohol addiction to be 9 months sober
“I twitched and jolted so bad it woke me up. Tears came out of my eyes just trying to get out of bed. I counted the days down to my refill, and my life felt out of control until I got it.”
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‘She looked at me and said, ‘I don’t know what I don’t know.’ It broke my heart.’: Daughter shares journey as ‘care partner’ for mom with dementia, ‘We find joy EVERY day’
“I got engaged 6 months after her diagnosis. My mom couldn’t help me plan the wedding we always dreamed about. It was like I had already lost my mom.”
‘IVF? How exciting!’ How can this be exciting?! I was terrified! Of the needles, the hormones, the side effects, but most of all the unknown.’: Woman shares harrowing infertility journey
“‘Don’t get attached to the numbers, things can change a lot.’ I was depressed, broken, and so empty… just like my follicles.”
‘I asked him if he could see me. ‘You’re perfect.’ We never admitted the truth, but I think he knew.’: Widow recounts last months before losing husband to Melanoma
“When you’re fighting for your life, time goes so very fast. Instead of being measured in 52 weeks, 365 days, 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes, it is measured in soft smiles, gentle hugs, tender kisses, and never-ending love.”
‘I frantically searched the restroom of the store, including the trash, taking one paper towel out at a time.’: Woman reunited with lost family heirloom thanks to honest employee
“Two days after Christmas, my mother gave me a ring that was my grandmother’s. I was gratefully teary upon receiving it, knowing my mother was giving it specifically to me, trusting me with a special heirloom. Panic began to set in.”
‘If you make me choose, you won’t like seeing me walk out the door.’ A month later, I did just that. I restarted my life to have a child.’: Woman leaves toxic marriage, becomes single mom by choice
“I’d had four spinal surgeries. The medications surging through me could have caused anything from defects to a miscarriage. The doctors said if I wanted any chance to be a mother, I needed to be pregnant by the end of the year.”
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“The adrenaline subsided and the reality of life set in. I was breathless and frantic, on high alert for disturbance and danger every minute of the day and night. A cloud of depression and dread lowered. I was one of the lucky ones.”
‘She was almost not human with see through skin, so small she’d fit in the palms of our hands.’: Mom shares surprise pregnancy, micro-preemie’s NICU journey
“At 26 weeks, I just didn’t feel right. I started throwing up and noticed some off-color discharge. I began to have red flags come up, but I kept telling myself it was fine and I shouldn’t worry.”
‘I promise to love you as my own. I promise I will be the best wife for your dad.’: Tearful bride surprises stepson with sweet vows
“I know I wasn’t there the day you came into the world, I wasn’t there for your first steps or your first words, but I promise I will be there for many more of your firsts.”
‘My dear husband, you made me a wife, but cancer made me a widow. I now understand the true meaning of a strong bond of love.’: Widow shares grief journey 1 year after husband’s death
“I now wish so badly you had told me how to do life without you.”
‘He held his son within the thick prison walls, tears falling freely onto baby Wombat, who I was certain I would lose.’: Foster mom shares emotional realization son belongs with his birth father
“Although the trauma I assumed he came from may indeed be factual, I was called to admit that Dad, too, was just a product of systemic failures. And it was not about loving you regardless of knowing I will end up losing you. It was about the fact that one day, you might get to go back to your world, back to your people. Back to your Daddy, with whom you belong.”