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‘By the time I clock out and leave tonight, I will have been in the building for 14 hours. 3 as a patient, and 11 as an employee. This is invisible illness. This is dysautonomia.’
“I don’t know why I try so hard to maintain this ‘secret.’ Maybe it’s because I stood by as a doctor told her resident, ‘Anytime you see POTS, you know the patient is crazy. It’s made up.’”
‘He said, ‘I didn’t get Mushu, the dragon from Mulan, but I did get this!’: Dad shocks daughter with ‘special’ tattoo to honor her on wedding day
“I have rather obvious tattoos. My dad didn’t love them. After this wedding picture was taken, my dad blew my mind.”
If I Wasn’t A Mother (Just For A Day)
“Bite my tongue for even saying or thinking it, right? But, I did think about it.”
‘You don’t just marry your spouse. There is always room for conflict when it comes to IN-LAWS.’
“My husband’s mother has left some pretty painful wounds on his heart. But now, her actions don’t just hurt him, they hurt me too.”
‘I flatlined for 36 hours after delivering my daughter.’: Mom survives ‘silent killer’ Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
“Eventually, my heart began to beat on its own again. I met my daughter for the first time two weeks after delivery.”
‘We got photobombed by this beautiful, gentle giant.’: Photographer captures beautiful moment during wedding
“Every single one of us was holding our breath. He gave me even more than I could imagine by dropping his head and giving them a little nuzzle. It was the most incredible moment.”
‘You stand outside school with her, holding her hand just as tightly as she holds yours. What if someone is mean to her? What if she doesn’t make any friends?’
“Her backpack is filled with glue sticks, crayons and Kleenex. Maybe the teachers ask for Kleenex so you can sneak a few on your way out the door. She won’t let go of your hand, as if she’s silently asking you to guide her through this first leap.”
‘Before my dad committed suicide, he called. ‘Shut up’ spewed from my mouth. The last words I ever said to him.’: Daughter overcomes drug addiction, chooses to ‘make Dad proud, not follow in his footsteps’
“I was so angry and upset for so long at the fact he chose drugs, and willingly chose to take his own life and leave me. I now understand though. I’ve now felt that pain.”
‘Let’s address the pornography issue. To those who think I ‘jumped ship,’ you’re right – I did. Because we were not yet married, it was not my job to ‘fix him.’’
“We already had over 300 wedding invitations sent out. We had to call every single one of those people and tell them what happened to inform them the wedding was off. Pornography addiction does not just affect you. It affects the people around you.”
As the bus was pulling up you could hear the ‘DADDY’ screams from her little mouth. She was jumping up and down, pointing, ‘Daddy get off the bus!’
“She suddenly lets go of my hand and starts running. I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed a smile from my husband like when he finally got his little girls in his arms after 175 days away.”