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‘My husband delivered earth-shattering news. ‘You’ve been a mother for 4 days and didn’t even know.’: Couple adopts son from foster care
“Most women have at least 9 months to prepare for a child. I had less than an instant.”
‘Why can’t you just LISTEN?’ His type is known as ‘brat.’: Mom of Autistic twins discusses ‘comparing,’ ‘Each boy is different, yet one and the same’
“I let a friend try to teach me how to discipline Jack. The entirety of it shook me to my core as I watched how it broke him at just 4 years old.”
‘She’s just a stressed millennial and needs to take Valium.’: Woman survives brain hemorrhage, becomes stand-up comedian
“I was 22 when my head exploded on a Tinder date.”
‘WHY of all people, was the nicest made to suffer? I was angry at the world.’: Sister honors brother battling Glioblastoma, thanks community for acts of kindness
“The staff member told me, ‘If it’s Franco’s he wants, its’ Franco’s he’s having!’ I’ll never forget the kindness strangers have shown us.”
‘She gripped my hand. ‘Don’t worry. If they give you a hysterectomy, I’ll have your babies.’ We laughed.’: Woman shares ‘sacrificial love’ of surrogate twin sister after cancer battle
“My twin said, ‘If you needed a kidney, I’d give you a kidney. You just happen to need my uterus.’ This is more than a gift. It’s a dream come true!”
‘How could she let her blood pressure get so high?’ The right side of my face went numb and started to droop.’: Stroke survivor details recovery journey, ‘I chose to fight’
“I felt my right leg falling asleep. A few seconds later, I couldn’t move my leg or arm. I yelled for my husband. ‘Allen!’ My speech was slurred. Something was wrong, but I didn’t know what.”
‘I remember that scared 13-year-old sitting in a hospital refusing to eat. I think she’d be proud.’: Anorexia survivor donates breast milk
“For years, I couldn’t even manage to nourish myself. 15 years later, I am nourishing my body enough to feed my own baby and many others!”
‘You never know, a miracle might happen.’: Same-sex couple shares beautiful open adoption
“We heard it all. ‘You’ll have no trouble getting pregnant! There are so many things you can enjoy without kids!’ I was crushed in a way I hadn’t known was possible. I felt like part of me had died.”
‘Are you having more kids?’ I didn’t want more of my own, but I had a desire to be pregnant again.’: Mom embarks on surrogacy journey
“We had our boy, we had our girl. We felt complete, but the desire to be pregnant again still lingered.”
‘Mom, I signed up to be a LIVING organ donor.’ 5 weeks later, I had a match.’: Woman donates liver to stranger, ‘It doesn’t take a superhero to make a difference’
“It was simple. I had no hesitations compromising a few months of my life if it meant preventing someone else from heartache.”
