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âAre you having twins? Youâre HUGE!â The comments hurt. It blew me away.’: Pregnant mom shocked by rude strangers’ comments, ‘I was no longer a person with feelings’
“Waking up to a surgeon showing me pictures of my ovaries was shocking. I remember the tears falling down my face, feeling sick at the sight of them. My husband slept in a chair by my bed until the nurses finally sent him home. ‘It’s time to push!’ they said. I felt nothing from my waist down. This is not how I wanted it to happen.â
‘I was told to âman upâ after being thrown into a dumpster. I believed I was an abomination.â: Trans woman believed sheâd âgo to hellâ for transitioning, now feels âworthy of happinessâ
â’Can you leave? We are having girl chat.’ I left and sat alone in the field. Teachers would laugh when I’d tell them I was being bullied. I cried and prayed to God, ‘Please let me wake up and be a girl.’ This is me. I am a woman.”
‘What’s the worst that can happen?’ Shizzing yourself at your job interview. That’s what.’: Woman hilariously shares ‘mortifying’ accident, hopes it can ‘make someone smile’
“I felt a bead of sweat roll down my face. My stomach started making beastly growls. I got to my feet to rush to the bathroom when I heard a knock. âHello, Mrs. O? Itâs so nice to meet you.â Shiz. Shiz. Holy shiz. It was too late. I was trapped! Suddenly, I felt hot flashes and bubbles. My body was going to DO THE DAMN THING. Needless to say, I didnât get the job.”
âIâve read your letter. Donât worry, weâll get through this.â It actually meant, we’ll try to âfixâ you.â: Young trans man finds âstrengthâ and âidentityâ while transitioning from female to male
“âI am upset I won’t be able to walk my daughter down the aisle like I’d always hoped.’ They asked, âWhy canât you just be a butch lesbian?â My great grandmother’s response when I walked in was, âOh isnât he handsome!â All she wanted was to make sure I was happy. I canât tell you how much that meant to me.”
âWe need to get out now!’ A woman was beating on the chest of a body. ‘Itâs too late, he’s gone.’: Security officer describes scene of Las Vegas mass shooting âutterly shocking, surrealâ
âBANG! ‘This is actually happening!’ I realized at that moment, this is a real. He started to target where we were hiding. People were screaming. One woman in a cocktail dress asked, âWhere can I use the restroom?â as bullets flew over our head. Suddenly, it all got quiet. Deafening silence. I couldnât call my fiancĂ© to tell her I loved her one last time.”
‘You look nothing like your picture. I wouldnât have taken you out if I knew how big you were.â: Young woman undergoes gastric bypass, told she ‘took the easy way out,’ but is now ‘confident’
â’I don’t mean for this to sound rude, but I never realized you were that big.’ She was amazed it was still me. I was always told, âyouâre really pretty for a big girl.’ I knew I was large, but I never knew truly how big I was. For the first time in my life, I actually love myself.”
âYour body is my worst nightmare. Make your account private, you trigger me.’: Young woman describes âfeelings of doubtâ while recovering publicly from anorexia
“At 8 years old, my pediatrician said, âYou need to eat more salad.â My eating disorder started to spin out of control. ‘Iâm sorry my body terrifies you, itâs healthy. I refuse to hide because I’m larger than youâd like.'”
‘The baby is going to suffer. We can take care of this right now.’ They told me to abort him.â: Mom says she came to âpeaceâ with her son’s Down Syndrome diagnosis, he became a âwarriorâ
â’I donât know whatâs wrong, but please fix him!’ She was treating my son like a mole that could simply be removed and thrown in the trash. I knew I had to protect him. Handing him over to the surgeons knowing I may never see my baby boy again was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. We are better people because of Eli.â
‘Addie will never walk,â they said. She took 4 steps at a time. ‘She is WALKING!’: Mom says her daughter is an ‘incredible miracle’ with a ‘fighting spirit’ despite Hydrocephalus diagnosis
âYou don’t know God! You don’t know what He can do!’ I know doctors have knowledge, but maybe, just maybe, God has other plans. And they were wrong! I am proud of Addie and her fighting attitude.â
‘What drugs did you take while pregnant?’ I locked us indoors and REFUSED to bring her out.â: Mom describes daughter with limb difference as âdevastatingâ at first, then âher biggest joyâ
â’What a freak. Stay away from that little weird girl.’ People can be cruel. But my husband said, âLook at her. You have a beautiful daughter.â She gives her siblings a run for her money. She is different, not less.”
