“NOTHING can prepare you what you are about to see. You walk to the waiting room, and there is a security guard. ‘Why do they have security?’ A woman is squeezing a bag… a bag that connects to your son’s mouth. ‘SHE IS BREATHING FOR MY SON WITH THAT BAG.'”
‘You hear a terrible crash in your son’s bedroom. He looks like he is sleeping, the TV is upside down across the room. His daddy will shake him. You both scream, ‘Wake up Booboo, wake up!’
‘Right after my grandmother died, I found my mom in her bedroom writing down her thoughts. Through her tears she said: ‘You can read this when I’m done.’’
“I remember all the times I left my home on May Avenue, watching momma wave to me as I pulled away. I know how important that last wave is.”
‘You were told you have cancer. If I timed my letter right – you’re home now, sitting with your daughter at bedtime.’
“You took that picture, holding your baby tight, wondering if these old photos would be the only evidence of you she’d have.”
‘I love you so much for everything you’ve done for me over the past 40 years. Now it’s time for me to show you my love. A love I prayed to God I’d never have to show you.’
“I hope one day you can understand the reason why my husband and I did what we did. In your right mind, you would never want your child, or any child, to be in the situation your beautiful boy was in.”
‘Please know the decision I made at 19 years old on January 5th, 1990, was the biggest mistake of my life.’
“I remember doing an internet search for, ‘What to say to your birth mom.’”
‘I gave him a letter today as he left for college. I never could’ve predicted how hard that drive away would be.’
“I decided to write Peyton a letter before he left. I needed to get out all of the things I wanted to say to him – the good and the bad. I’m sorry we took the easy way out. I wish we would have fought harder for you.”
To the parents of the child who should be starting kindergarten
“Please know that no matter how full our classroom is, you will always be missed.”
‘Dear Katie and Justin, you have no idea how good it feels to be part of a family that cares about each other. Thank you for letting me be here.’
“My husband and I woke up to find this note on our counter one morning, written by the 12-year-old boy that was living with us.”
‘How are they real life!?’’ High school sweethearts couldn’t be more EXCITED to marry each other
“Growing up I asked my mom how she knew my dad was the one she was going to marry, and she always said, ‘When you know, you know.’ I was in 7th grade when I met Micah.”
‘To The Makers of Blue Bell Ice Cream: We have a suggestion for a new name for your chocolate and vanilla flavor’
“I challenged the kids to come up with a different name that could capture the intent of Blue Bell ice cream but would reflect the remarkable progress our country has made.”
