“I remember people were staring at us prior to you calling my daughter, Lola, back. I remember my face feeling flushed, my mom trying to offer assistance, but she was as helpless as me.”
‘I should know your name. I can’t believe I don’t. But I’ll never forget how kind you were to my daughter.’: Special needs mom shares hairdresser’s powerful act of kindness
‘It’s positive.’ Only a few weeks shy of 18, she showed me the test with two bright pink lines. ‘I’m keeping the baby.’: Teen mom judged for age proves stereotypes wrong
“When I found a doctor for my pregnancy it was evident he disagreed with me having a baby so young. I’ve had to fight to be treated with the same respect an older mother would receive. I’ve had to show people age didn’t define what a good mother was.”
‘I can wake up and get you there.’ My son immediately started to cry.’: Mom thanks stranger for act of kindness, ‘Our world needs more people like you’
“As my husband boarded the plane, his flight was canceled. He learned Memphis is struggling due to high crime rate. He couldn’t get a taxi at 4:30 a.m. to get to the airport due to workers being fearful of their lives. The thought of possibly missing our son’s game really crushed him.”
‘When a friend died by overdose, or suicide, or car accident, we celebrated them with a toast and a drink.’: Woman 2 years sober shares powerful message on drinking culture, ‘I finally see it’
“In my late 20s and 30s, friends moved from drinking to drugs. Friends committed suicide, died in drunken car accidents. Careers were derailed by DUIs. I was visiting jail and driving friends to court-ordered AA meetings. Still, I didn’t see it.”
‘He sobbed, ‘What are you doing here?!’: 11-year-old best friends reunite after long separation from move
“You just made my day. I’ve had the worst day ever.”
‘My body kept going, but it felt like my heart should have stopped when Sami’s did. He was the light of our life.’: Couple unexpectedly loses 8-month-old baby; share acts of kindness in his honor
“I started a running streak. I ran at least a mile a day (often more) for 252 days straight without stopping – the same number of days Sami was alive. I wanted a way to consciously think about what that amount of time felt like, to feel it physically.”
‘My friend sent an adoption story as a pregnancy test sat in the cabinet. My chances were 1%.’: Woman births healthy miracle baby through endometriosis, placental tumor
“Out of habit, I took the test. The faintest second line appeared. Were my eyes playing tricks on me? Was this for real? I stood in the bathroom staring at the test for what felt like forever. After 4 years, we really were pregnant! No medication, no monitoring.”
‘I don’t want to be in their club.’ I didn’t want the label, the IEPs, the long-term care plans.’: Mom to daughter with special needs shares journey to acceptance, ‘This secret world is full of beauty’
“I’d beat myself up for comparing her to other kids and try to convince myself everything was okay. I’d comfort myself with those familiar phrases. She was just ‘going at her own pace,’ ‘every kid is different,’ she will ‘catch up.'”
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“Moving with a special needs child is no easy feat.”
‘There isn’t a passive bone in her body. I spend my days negotiating any given task. Everything is on her terms, her time, her agenda.’: Mom to strongwilled child urges ‘this is hard, but it is so worth it’
“Sometimes I wonder why she can’t be more agreeable. Why things can’t be easier. Yet deep down, even on my most exhausting days, I know I wouldn’t change her. The world needs her vivacious spirit.”
‘A firefighter is never off duty.’: Seven firefighters rush to save stranger’s life 30,000 feet in the air
“We do this stuff all over the place, but I never thought I’d be doing it in an airplane up above.”
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“‘Porky! Porky!’ That’s all I could hear. I was 18 years old at the time and weighed 450Ibs at 5’11.”
‘What if he dies?’ I gave words to the worst. ‘Don’t,’ he replied. ‘Don’t think about that.’ I’d never felt so helpless.’: Mom finds renewed sense of gratitude after nearly losing newborn
“We planned on a pumpkin patch visit. Instead, we were facing the possibility of losing our baby before we’d even received his birth certificate.”
‘I wish I was dead!’ I called them every single name in the book. I caused complete heartache to my entire family.’: Sobriety warrior shares emotional impact of heroin addiction
“The heroin was laced with fentanyl. I died. I remember waking up, ripping out the IV. The next morning…I bought MORE heroin. ‘WHAT have I gotten myself into?’ I didn’t know what was happening.”
‘One night my husband sat me down. ‘Would you love me no matter what?’ He took out an envelope with analysis results.’: Couple battling endometriosis, male infertility share emotional fight for pregnancy
“While I would never have imagined that 7 years later, we would still be here without a baby, I am grateful for who I have grown to become and the lessons this journey has taught me.”
‘My 5-year-old saw a homeless man on the way home. ‘I don’t have any cash on me.’ And then it happened. Our son caused a chain reaction.’: Dad in awe after son’s act of kindness
“I almost taught him that pride was more important than helping another human in need. I almost showed him that a good deed wasn’t good enough to make a difference in someone’s life. And then without even realizing it, my boy reminded me what matters most.”
‘I am BLESSED to have witnessed this.’: Health care hero stuns pouring heart out on hospital piano mid-shift
“I walk out to take my break and I hear music coming from the atrium at 3:33 a.m.”
‘I just had a kid. Could you take $400 for it instead?’ I opened the dryer to check the lint filter and was shocked.’: New dad surprised with act of kindness from stranger selling washer and dryer
“‘Check the dryer, a gift for the new baby.’ Words cannot describe how grateful I am right now.”
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“You’re never too old to go after your dreams.”
‘My brain and body are deteriorating.’: Woman shares candid reality of battling rare Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
“It’s in your head. Try harder. Take a pill. You are a woman, women get a little sensitive and crazy sometimes. It’s probably menopause. All my life I knew something was wrong, but no one would listen until last year.”
‘People were pointing and staring. My son cried, ‘This is why I hate coming out with you.’ It broke my heart.’: Widowed mom with Russell-Silver Syndrome urges kindness
“My doctor told me, ‘If you don’t get a job, you could always work in the circus.’ People would pat me on the head and say, ‘Isn’t she cute?’ But I never gave up, and I proved them wrong.”
‘It could be the most interaction and joy they experience for months. In some cases, their last experience.’: Firefighter repels to visit children in hospital where she fought for her own life
“I got the opportunity to rappel and engage with other kids at the same exact location I was told I may not live. The same place I had to relearn how to walk. The same place I had my miracle baby years later, the one they told me I would never have.”
‘She’s my friend.’ Overhearing those three simple words made my mama heart skip a beat.’: Autism mom shares power of a little girl’s friendship
“Three simple words that meant everything. Two small feet skipping with joy after hearing them. One mama’s heart letting go of worry, making space for the notion her daughter is not feared and ignored.”
‘He needed somewhere to go. He needed a home.’: Couple adopt boy from foster care
“This little kid with the politician smile and biggest heart had won us over. There would be no more disruptions for him, no more moving. Dwayne, the little kid who needed a home, had finally found his place.”
‘As soon as my sister and I being pregnant together seemingly aligned, my husband died.’: Remarried widow fulfills dream of being pregnant at the same time as her sister
“While our journey is nothing we would have expected, God blessed us with pregnancies only six weeks apart.”