“Sarah got down on one knee after telling me to turn the dessert menu over, which read ‘Will you marry me?’ on the back. I effortlessly said yes. Before Sarah could sit down, I reached into my purse, pulled out a ring, and said, ‘Only if you marry me.'”
My Girlfriend Proposed, Only To Find I Already Had A Ring In My Own Pocket
‘I’m in kidney failure.’ He needed dialysis 4 hours a day, 3 days a week to keep him alive. I felt a tug at my heart.’: Woman enters ‘humbling’ kidney donation program for friend
“We had an instant connection that’s kind of unexplainable. We’d talk at 5:30 a.m. while he drove to dialysis. I realized this is what God was calling me to do.”
‘He kept trying to make me kiss him. I did it so he’d leave me alone.’: Woman escapes domestic abuse, ‘I strive to empower other women’
“I took on the role of a wife. I catered to him, cooked, cleaned, took care of my children, and took care of myself IF I had time.”
‘This moment will stick with me forever. She became REAL to me.’: Father to daughter born with limb difference creates fictional world ‘aiming to accurately represent disability’
“I wanted to fulfill the promise I made to my daughter. I wanted HER to be the hero.”
‘How can a BLIND guy go to the cinema?’ The choice to use a cane is a HUGE step.’: Man with Retinitis Pigmentosa raises awareness for sight loss
“I’ve had people question everything I do, putting barriers in front of me, assuming I’m incapable of doing something a typical person can do.”
‘When I held that precious bundle to my chest, I waited for that awe-filled moment. Instead, I felt relief.’: Mom after infertility says ‘motherhood is tough but so are you’
“We’re told, over and over again, to avoid accidental pregnancies. ‘It only takes one time!’ But for us, that wasn’t the case.”
‘The doctor entered the room, crying. ‘We found masses all over.’: Woman diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma wants to ‘change the way the world sees cancer’
“The oncologist described it as the ‘good cancer.’ Then in the same breath, he said I had 7 months to live. It didn’t seem very ‘good’ to me.”
‘Dad’s not waking up.’ I saw him lying in bed, blood coming from one nostril.’: Woman raises awareness for intergenerational trauma
“I went to grab his shoulders to shake him awake, but my hand touched something hard. It took a second for my eyes to make out what I was holding. It was the handgun.”
‘Drowning accidents can happen to ANYONE.’: Mom gives water safety tips as summer approaches
“Many times these tragic accidents happen during ‘non-swimming’ times. My intent is not to give anxiety, but to bring AWARENESS.”
‘For the girls, it was just hanging a flag. For me, I was taking a stand.’: Dads hang pride flag on their house for the first time ever
“I’m owning who we are.”