“Lie to me about the state of our country because the truth causes the air in my lungs to catch on my ribcage, unable to escape. Tell me it was something other than what it actually was because these tragedies are blurring together. Lie until it’s time for the sun to come up tomorrow. Don’t tell me because I can’t bear it. Instead, tell me lies.”
‘Tell me this is all a dream and we will wake up laughing about how crazy this nightmare is.’: Mom’s gut-wrenching reaction to Uvalde school shooting
‘During snuggles, Ellis kept reaching for Noah’s feet on my husband’s tattoo. He has the best big brother watching over him.’: Woman delivers rainbow baby after stillborn, miscarriage
“After the greatest storm of my life, I was able to look out of the hospital room window and see a beautiful rainbow.”
‘They didn’t know each other. They never even shook hands. Still, he remembered.’: Widow shares touching moment stranger honors late husband 6 years later
“Just when you think that people are forgetting, just when you think your loved ones legacy is quieting down, just when you think they don’t know their name…they do. And it’s probably one of the best feelings in the world.”
‘I’m grieving for three. And some days, it’s all consuming.’: Young widow shares grief journey in wake of husband’s passing
“I grieve for Joe just as much as I grieve about him—for the moments, the feelings, the experiences he won’t have here. And then I grieve for Vienna, who will not have a single memory of her dad.”
‘This life is not for the faint of heart, but for those full of love.’: Military wife shares whirlwind love story, motherhood journey through husband’s 13 deployments
“Love will make you do crazy things, and military love makes you do them fast. My mind was spinning, but I closed my eyes and jumped.”
‘You become a different mother, a different spouse, a different friend.’: Mom shares how grief over loss of son changed her
“Our mood swings seem bizarre, even to ourselves. We didn’t ask for feel this way.”
‘You need to come out of that apartment.’ Even when I felt dead inside, they were always cheering me on.’: Woman honors support from ‘bonus moms’ in starting new life
“None of these women HAD to encourage me to be a better version of myself. They just did, and I’ll love them all forever.”
‘How do I go from living with him to living for him?’: Widow shares personal meaning of living life for deceased husband
“On the good days, the hardest days, the tired days… on all the days, I’ll live this life. Not because he can’t, but because I can. For me, for others, for him.”
‘My patient said, ‘Can I ask you a random question?’ It was enough to make my heart stop.’: Therapist shares tips for supporting grieving loved ones
“They continued, ‘My friend just had a death in the family and I want to do something for him. Is it appropriate for me to bring him a donut from his favorite bakery?’ It’s a question that is probably on the minds of many people out there.”
‘I was never prepared to find out I had a 4-inch endometrioma wrapping around my left ovary.’: Endometriosis warrior shares peek inside infertility battle in wake of adoption, miscarriage
“It’s incredibly hard to understand how we got here, to the tiniest urn you’ve laid eyes on and a few ultrasound pictures.”