“He has fought for his life since the womb. If you’re not amazed or moved by this little boy, I don’t know what else could possibly do that to you.”
‘The chances were 1 in 1,000,000.’: Mom shares journey to son’s extremely rare Trichohepatoenteric Syndrome diagnosis
‘My son came to me in a dream after he died. ‘Mom, stop looking for me. You won’t find the me that was. I am alive in everyone around you. I am always with you.’: Mom of 4 loses firstborn son to suicide, gets touching winks from afterlife
“When we lowered his casket into the ground, a butterfly followed it in, and flew out as soon as the casket was laid down. It was evident to everyone who witnessed it; he lived life so big, and he would live as big on the other side. And so began his larger-than-life journey.”
‘My lips turning blue, I started to hyperventilate coming out of the night club. Or so I thought.’: Chronic illness warrior shares journey with severe brittle asthma, Crohn’s disease
“I had not long turned 18 and was out most weekends having fun as you do at that age. That was until one night when everything changed.”
‘IT’S A BOY!’: Mom Of 6 Girls’ Heartwarming Reaction To Delivering Surprise Baby Boy
The Murrays welcomed six daughters over the last decade. But the couple received a big surprise earlier this month when, after the birth of their seventh child, they realized the baby was a boy.
‘The only way to fix my legs would be to BREAK the femurs. I’m learning to walk for the 3rd time.’: Woman with anteverted femurs details journey, is supported by her courageous mom
“I woke up and cried for my mom. Here I was, a grown adult, and all I wanted was to see her. The nurses wouldn’t let me. I was in too much pain and they feared how my mom would react.”
‘My 5-year-old and I were ready to leave Target when it started pouring. ‘Do we wait or just get wet?’ I asked. ‘Let’s get wet,’ she said.’: Mom learns powerful life lesson from daughter at Target
“As I turned the heater on and drove home in the storm, I thought about all the people still at Target waiting on it to pass. How often do we let life’s storms keep us from getting where we are called to go? Sometimes in life, you have to get wet.”
‘I heard an odd noise coming from my son. I looked over to see orange drool trickle from his mouth, his body rhythmically bouncing.’: Mom fights for answers to son’s undiagnosed seizures, ‘We will never stop trying’
“We had no cell service. There were no other vehicles on the road. We were alone, on a deserted highway, with our child who was quite likely dying, and we had no idea what to do. Nobody wakes up one day and thinks to themselves, ‘Today is the day my world will explode. Today everything is going to change and I’ll never get over it.’ But that’s exactly what happened.”
‘Every morning I was injected on an exam table while my classmates grabbed Starbucks.’: 19-year old diagnosed with IBD, ulcerative colitis advocates for change
“I was warned about the freshman year dorm life and told where to go for mental health counseling if exams became too stressful. I was not told what to do, how to continue, or who to turn to if I was suddenly forever ill.”
‘My chest tightened, and I fought back tears. I suffered in silence.’: Mom shares journey with depression, anxiety, ADHD
“I couldn’t eat, I slept all the time, I lost 13 pounds in two weeks. I really didn’t know what to do.”
‘I spent my whole life trying to fit in, suppressing the things about me that made me different.’: Woman diagnosed with autism at 41
“I put on a show for the sake of others, all the while denying myself the opportunity to live authentically.”