“The winter months can be really gloomy and challenging for some people.”
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‘Read it again or else your fear will come true.’ An image of my mom flashed in my mind, lying on an ambulance stretcher.’: Woman shares journey to motherhood through OCD, anxiety
“I jolted awake multiple times throughout the night just to check her – and recheck her – and recheck her again. I would wake up, scared she was missing or strangling in our sheets. I worried she would be kidnapped.”
‘This is a harrowing battle I’d never wish on anyone. We begin the (hopefully) last chapter.’: Grandma shares heartbreaking story of 7-week-old granddaughter’s cancer diagnosis
“The memories of this day with Avery will forever haunt me for a hundred reasons, but one of the biggest being I feel like I failed my children.”
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“In January 2020, I showed up to a new job intoxicated and high. After, I went on a two-day bender, where I didn’t stop drinking. I knew I needed help. Little did I know, a few months later the world was about to change forever.”
‘They’ll never know how amazing that small gesture was.’: Suicidal woman in tears after stranger’s kindness gives her hope
“You never know the kind of day someone could be having, and how you could impact their lives for the better with one small thing.”
‘For weeks, I was in an induced coma. Only a miracle could have saved me. After 25 years of lies, I said, ‘I’m done.’: Woman shares emotional journey of loss on path to sobriety
“I woke up in the hospital with a tube in my throat. I missed my brother’s funeral. In my heart, I could hear him say, ‘You got this, sis.’ I knew there was no turning back.”
‘I had ZERO recollection of what happened when I woke up hours later. ‘You really need to consider brain surgery.’: Woman shares epilepsy journey, offers hope to others
“I went through the first 12 years of my diagnosis without looking for others like me. I was in a super dark and suicidal place. I had no idea who to turn to or what to do.”
‘Just 5 years old he prayed, ‘Please God, send me an Earth Dad.’ Turns out, he didn’t need to be ‘found.’ He was right there all along.’: Woman finds love close to home after husband’s suicide
“There was a shift in the world, bringing us together at the same place, at the same time. And in the matter of one afternoon, our hearts opened to feel something we’d never considered before. A man I had known for years, and yet, I was truly just seeing for the very first time.”
‘My daughter, AKA the hardworking student who loves her team and school, texted me ‘I’m sad’ two weeks into the school year.’: Mom to college athlete urges ‘you are worth so much more than the sport’
“It was going in a way no parent wants their kid going – not eating accurately and counting down the days of when it’s over. It was a curveball out of nowhere.”
The Quiet Time Fuels Her Heart In A Way That Sleep Can’t
“There’s a magic in those quiet hours, whether they happen before the sunrise at 5 a.m. or late at night after 11 p.m. Because when a mom tucks reluctant children into bed, her day is just beginning.”
