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‘I have something to show you.’ My mom handed me a box of unseen letters and cards from my birth mom. Talk about crazy!’: Young woman discovers birth parents, invites them to her wedding
“I always knew I was adopted. I don’t know how, but I knew. I went up to my room and sat on the floor for hours, sifting through letter after letter, card after card. Seeing photos of my birth mom, her husband, and other children. They all looked happy and fulfilled. The box triggered a tidal wave of emotions I’d bottled up for 18 years.”
‘I have been noticing lately that I have old lady hands’: Woman’s heartfelt post about coming to terms with aging
“I see them sitting there taunting me on the steering wheel as I drive, all wrinkly and veiny and old-looking.”
‘I am a simple guy. But I was given the opportunity to do something extraordinary’: Son donates kidney to ‘selfless’ mom
“She called me her hero. How do you respond to that?”
‘He swooped in and saved her’: Prom dates with special needs finally able to share their ‘amazing’ night
“I was terrified she was going into it all alone. Little did I know – there was a plan in store for her.”
‘I should have let you sleep with me’
“I regret putting you back to bed, giving a hurried kiss, and shutting the door behind me.”
Clear drapes allow couples having C-section births to witness the beauty of baby ‘being lifted out of my belly’
“She was able to watch the moment he took his first breath, able to not only hear him cry, but watch his lip quiver with the sound.”
‘That’s her father’s heart beating:’ Heart recipient walks bride down the aisle, provides ‘physical piece’ of her dad
“I felt wonderful about bringing her dad’s heart (from New Jersey) to Pittsburgh. If I had to, I would’ve walked.”
Couple waits 9 years to open wedding gift: ‘We thought the box would save us’
“On the plain white box was a card that read, ‘Do not open until your 1st disagreement.’ “
‘At 15 he was told he had 24 hours to live:’ Couple wed amid illness and hospice
“Mary never left his side.”
‘I never thought I’d get to kiss an angel’: Daughter overhears midnight whispers between mom with dementia and dad
“We tip-toed closer to their door to listen.”
