“I blamed myself for not being like other moms who had it all together. I would halt a workout and walk out of the gym if I spotted a fitter girl. It drove me into a pit of despair.”
‘If I lose 10 more pounds, I’ll be happy.’ I had a postpartum body to ‘fix.’ I was terrified of getting fat.’: Mom overcomes postpartum depression and eating disorder, ‘Change is possible’
‘My husband and I took a trip. It was our first vacation together in 2 years. Long before his heart, and our world, stopped.’
“When I met my husband, the most stable man I’d ever encountered, I immediately said ‘I do.’ But we hadn’t even made it to year 7 of marriage yet, and I was itchy. Here’s why. Prior to this dream vacation, I woke up to my nightmare.”
‘I met him on a dating site. I was scared because you hear horror stories about creeps. Out of all the guys, Jimmy was the ONLY one who didn’t ask me. He changed my life completely.’: Woman says despite her disability, ‘I am living my life to the fullest’
“28 years ago I was born with a spinal cord injury due to my doctor using forceps, and came out basically dead. Doctors told my parents I would be like a vegetable. But they were wrong. Then, I met Jimmy.”
‘I was a young father, 21, trying to figure it out as a single dad. There weren’t baby changing tables in men’s restrooms. Changing diapers SUCKED in public.’
“Fast forward to July 2018. My daughter is now 16. I saw a story about a dad who was changing his daughter on a dirty tile floor in a public restroom. I was taken right back to 2002. I thought YES! That was the worst! I have done that many times!”
‘Scars equal strength’: Mom empowers toddler daughter to embrace her ‘BRAVE SCAR’ after open heart surgery
“Then it hit me, maybe my scar and struggle was simply to give me the tools to help guide my daughter through the same trials and difficulties. She is beautiful, with and without the scars.”
