“We reminded her in this moment that it was not goodbye, but a see you soon and then the hardest thing happened. We watched as she gave our son one more hug and a kiss and then left the room.”
‘Won’t she be sad?,’ our son asked.’: Family realizes ‘Adoption is beautiful’ after birth mom’s heartfelt goodbye
‘My parents took our dog on a road trip, and stopped in every state to mark his journey!’
“When my parents sent me these pictures of him at each state line, I giggled and thought, ‘My friends HAVE to see this!’”
‘I was part of the ‘human rights violations’ taking place on the border.’ Confessions from a paramedic on the border
“Through the course of my career I have spent, off and on, 15 years working as a medic on the border.”
‘The last note he wrote me said ‘LOVE’’: Dying father’s handwritten notes to daughter before she had to do ‘THE HARDEST THING’ for him
“It’s hard to read, but I knew what he was trying to say. As he was writing it, I said, ‘Are you writing you love me?’ He shook his head yes.”
‘Please don’t let my baby die’: Dallas police officer comforts 3-month-old crash victim
“Please, God, not another one tonight — and especially with kids involved.”
‘I fell to the floor and screamed’: Daughter rushes to marry in dad’s hospital room ‘while he was still with us’ after brain stroke
“I told him Taylor and I were finally married and that I knew he would be proud. At that point, I knew my dad wasn’t coming back.”
‘My teacher pulled the fire alarm while we were barricading the door’: HERO TEACHER’S quick thinking ‘to get everyone out’ of Santa Fe school shooting
“We had no service to call 911 to let anyone know there was a shooter because our wing is completely almost separate from the rest of the school.”
‘As a police officer, I always trusted my gut. But this time felt different. My heart was pounding, my thoughts scattering. I knew something was about to happen.’
“I slowed my breathing down and prepared for entry. As I touched the door knob…BAM! I never saw it coming! My vision was gone. I heard several loud bangs. On the radio I could hear, ‘OFFICER DOWN!’ What? ‘Wait a minute. Am I the officer down?!’ The next thing I remember I was in a weird place, swelling and turning blue.”
‘They have no idea I’m graduating’: Son’s incredible surprise for parents after he vowed to ‘never disappoint them again’
“They thought they were posing for a family photo shoot for a project… little did they know it was my graduation announcement.”
‘I did not feel like getting glammed up in a field of wildflowers while sweating in the heat’: Mom’s hilarious ice cream binge-eating maternity shoot
“This is not my first rodeo, and let’s be honest — I don’t have the time or the energy anymore to get dolled up to go sit in field and swat mosquitoes while gazing peacefully at my belly.”
