“One pill would turn to 2, and 2 into 3, and on exceptionally bad days, 3 into 4. We knew this was the ‘worse,’ but we believed together we’d someday see the ‘better.’”
‘It’ll be different this time.’ I’d BEG the doctors not to fill prescriptions. The doctor believed HIM.’: Wife of former addict shares beautiful ‘reverse love story’
‘I got pregnant 4 MONTHS after my leg was amputated.’: Mother recounts journey as amputee, ‘I’m happier now than I’ve ever been’
“I couldn’t IMAGINE how I’d ever like looking at myself with a leg missing, wobbly tummy, fat bum, and double chin. I had to find the courage to believe in MYSELF.”
She Is Tired And Lonely—Husbands, Love Her Where She Is
“Love her when she takes the time to do her hair, and when it’s wrangled into a knot. Love her when her clothes are trendy, and when she decides on an oversized sweater. Love her when her legs are buttery smooth, and when they’re prickly.”
‘I got a BODY PART amputated, and didn’t get a night stay at the hospital.’: Woman diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer living life ‘more intentionally’
“I was 36 years old. My focus became doing things that make me happy. There’s so much beauty around us if we open our eyes to see it.”
‘He dropped a bomb. ‘I have a girlfriend.’ His bags were packed.’: Woman recounts seeing ex-husband for the first time after divorce, ‘I survived’
“I saw the face of the person with whom I’d shared over a third of my life looking back at me. It was the first time I’d seen him in 9 months. ‘I kinda forgot you were a real person.’”
‘My doctor wrote off my symptoms as ‘being pregnant.’ I felt them cut me open.’: New mom urges awareness of PPCM
“They say your life flashes before your eyes when you die, but it was different for me. I wasn’t scared.”
‘We should have the freedom to say, ‘The thought of reading with my kids makes me want to gouge my eyes out.’ Just be HONEST about it.’: Mom urges honest motherhood, ‘It doesn’t mean we don’t love them’
“I just want you to know you can say, ‘My kids were jerks today.'”
‘I screamed, ‘PULL OVER!’ My expectations did NOT match reality.’: New mom hilariously recounts birth of daughter on highway, ‘I’m prepared to catch another baby’
“I felt a sudden drop in my belly, my water finally broke, and I knew I wasn’t going to make it. In a knee-length fluffy pink bathrobe and white underwear, I put on a huge, long, overnight pad. I waddled down the stairs, as best I could, to the car. ‘We’ll never make it.'”
‘Daddy won’t wake up!’ My world turned upside-down. How was I supposed to raise 3 kids alone?’: Widow starts bereavement support group, ‘We’ve helped thousands survive the nightmare of grief’
“One morning, Larry found a lump in his arm. He cried out, ‘I feel like I’m going to die!’ At 42 years old, I didn’t want to be a widow. How would I ever live without him?”
‘She said, ‘You’re the place I can be myself.’ If ONE conversation changed her summer, I wanted to help change someone’s LIFE.’: Foster care advocate urges ‘step up and make a difference’
“What if they want nothing to do with me? What if I can’t help? The first day I met the children I was SO nervous.”
