“This is the moment I am most ashamed of in my life. If it sounds bratty and immature, that’s because it is. You will randomly stop and think, ‘I can’t believe this happened to us.’ It sucks. It’s devastating.”
‘She wants to hang out with me like every day.’: Daughter regrets last moments before mother dies, ‘That’s the last sentence I said before the phone call that changed my life, broke my heart.’
‘Doctors said my surgery would be smooth, and all would go well. To my surprise, I woke up in the ICU with tubes coming out of me, double vision, and not able to walk.’
“In an instant, my whole world came crashing down. I knew I needed to call my mom. I had no idea how to break the news to her though. That’s a parent’s worst nightmare.”
‘The restaurant was 20 yards away from the starting line of a gay pride event. It was the ‘Drag Race’: Mom urges others not too judge to quickly
“As you can tell by the picture, this was not exactly a NASCAR event. No less than 6 families ushered their children back to their cars and found somewhere else to eat their dinner. I know those folks.”
‘Mom’s pray on the couch late at night when our kids are past curfew and not answering our texts.’ Mother’s perspective on how her faith has changed since having children
“How Moms Pray…”
‘After my dad died, I would beg him every night to visit me in my dreams. 6 months to the day after his passing, he finally delivered in a major way.’
“I just kept whispering, ‘Show me your face. Just show me your face. Please Dad, I just want to see your face.’”
‘We ran away and married in secret. I fell in love before I knew her name. Right then, I confessed, ‘I’d marry you in a heartbeat.’: Veteran recounts whirlwind romance, ‘We were meant to be’
“It was love at first sight. Every time she entered the room, it felt like the world stopped turning. Life had different plans for us, and it wasn’t quite our time. I was deployed and we lost touch. After returning from Iraq alive, I had a fresh perspective on life. There was an instant bond between us.”
‘They asked us to sit down. These strong, selfless parents asked us if we’d adopt their precious baby girl.’: Family adopts baby girl while pregnant with a baby girl of their own
“We said ‘YES! We would love to adopt your little girl.’ Mind you at this time, I am about 24 weeks pregnant with our miracle baby, which we had just found out was also a girl.”
‘Please just one more hug.’ Church gives out ‘FREE MOM HUGS’ at Pride Parade, receives overwhelmingly emotional response
“‘My mom doesn’t love me anymore.’ ‘My Dad hasn’t spoken to me in 3 years.’ We told them over and over they were impossibly loved and needed and precious. We hugged until our arms fell off.”
‘I don’t want to raise church kids.’
“Matter of fact, it’s one of my biggest fears. That they would go to church every week of their lives and never experience what the whole purpose of church is really about.”
‘I’ve never kissed a girl on the lips’: Why this couple WAITED to share their first kiss
“I really wanted the woman I was going to marry to be the only woman I had ever kissed.”
