“Little did I know when I took the first picture of my inappropriately hilarious, charismatic little sister, that it would end up having such a surreal meaning behind it just a few short months later…”
‘Picture 1 is at my grandmother’s funeral. Picture 2 is at my sister’s funeral. Wearing the exact same shirt, laying in the exact same kind of casket.’: Woman loses sister to addiction
‘We are not a same-sex couple, but we do share a daughter.’: Dads celebrate co-parenting with impromptu photo shoot
“Not only did I gain a daughter, I gained a brother and a best friend.”
‘You know what’s crazy? Every time I leave the kids with my husband, I treat him like a babysitter. I make sure snacks are ready, I lay out pajamas, I ask him 3 times if he will be okay.’
“When he goes out, he says, ‘Okay babe, I’m going…’ and I say, ‘Okay’ and he leaves. THAT’S IT.”
‘DISGUSTING. I don’t know what husband would ever want to come home to that.’ That’s how someone recently responded to my postpartum body.’
“First of all, shame on her. If anything is disgusting, it is those words. YES, my body has changed quite dramatically since my pre-baby days, as you can see.”
‘I woke up to Dan yelling for help. He was at the top of the stairs with his inhaler telling me it wasn’t working. Dad was hysterical screaming at me to get there right now.’
“I had a weird feeling. I decided to go after them. Then, my phone rang. I saw it was my dad, and instantly my heart fell to my stomach.”
‘He told his friend ‘I feel off,’ and collapsed. Micah busted the front door down to get to my son’s wife. By the time she got to him, he was gray with his eyes rolled upward.’
“‘Mom, come here,’ she said. I replied, ‘Just a minute.’ She yelled louder, ‘Mom come here NOW!’ She handed me the phone and said, ‘Michael is getting CPR.’ I had to have her repeat what she said. I was in shock.”
‘My boyfriend closed-fist punched me in the face, knocking me off my feet. My 230-pound boyfriend split open my face. The past 6 months of my life have felt like a slow torture.’: Woman recalls escaping domestic abuse relationship
“My boyfriend of almost 2 years came home from a 7-month deployment. Two days after he had been back, I found out he had not been faithful. When I found out, I proceeded to ask him to leave. He refused.”
‘I think the doctor is going to want to discuss things on the ultrasound with you.’: Parents overcome son’s dwarfism diagnosis
“The doctor told us he was confident our baby had either Trisomy 13 or Trisomy 18. When I asked what that meant, he stoically stated that it meant our baby was not going to survive. He was PERFECT – and he was ours.”
‘We gave her a hard time. She frowned at us. Then said, ‘We’re doing it.’ Reluctantly we gathered around, goofing off and teasing the entire time. She stood right next to me.’
“Suddenly, I desperately needed to see her face again. I scrambled through boxes and boxes of family photos but she wasn’t in any of them.”
‘He thought I was drunk, but after hearing me slam my head several times due to seizing, he approached the stall and witnessed me convulsing on the floor.’
“I was rushed to the hospital with several Marines holding me down. My consciousness was fading. The first 4 hospitals turned me away. I awoke to a half-paralyzed body.”