“When I was happy I ate, when I was sad I ate, when I was bored I ate. Food was an addiction for me.”
‘I weighed more than 3 of my friends combined!’: Woman loses 185 pounds naturally, vows to ‘never look back’
‘It was a complete shock how a healthy 2-year-old, never injured, never had anything wrong, can go from being happy and energetic to diagnosed with cancer.’
“With his strength, I will continue to stand back up a million times over again, because he will beat this, and he is going to make a difference in this world.”
‘Alec was looking at a cost of $1,300 a month.’: Mom raises awareness after son who couldn’t afford insulin dies
“He was rationing the little bit of insulin he had left to last until pay day.”
‘As I drove up to the cute 1950’s California ranch house, the emotion of our shattered future hit me hard. The tears flowed down my face.’
“She often would practice signing the name she was so anxious to have one day. A day that never came.”
‘To those who say I took the easy way out.’: Mom whose ‘children were ashamed of me’ loses 162 pounds
“My oldest son once declined my offer to eat lunch at school with him because he was afraid his friends would make fun of me. That hurt.”
‘It’s been 8 years and 24 foster girls’: After several miscarriages and two biological children, couple opens their hearts
“Just when I think that surely there can’t be room for another, I somehow find room for just one more, always one more.”
My Son With Cystic Fibrosis Couldn’t Attend Graduation, So His School Held A Private Ceremony
“It was so emotional watching him get to accept his diploma on a stage. He has been through so much throughout his short lifetime.”
‘Living with mom’s dementia is hard. It is emotionally draining, frustrating, exhausting. I don’t want you to think we are perfect, that all there is is love.’
“We have rallied together to do the best we can. To do what families do — be there for one another — to make memories through the good times, and the tough times.”
‘I was raped by my pastor and got pregnant. I looked at him like my father.’: Mother-daughter duo is determined to ‘inspire’ and ‘be grateful’ despite cerebral palsy, strokes, Crohn’s disease
“When I saw her, I realized she wasn’t his, she was mine. I knew I had to protect her, so my ex-husband stepped up to be her dad. We both knew my pastor would destroy her. I was also terrified of what he would do to me if I told anyone. She was born 2 months early with cerebral palsy. She was so pretty and helpless, and my body destroyed her. I knew I would do anything I could to give her the best head start possible.”
BREAKING: Hero teacher ‘bravely swatted gun away from gunman’s hands, saving everyone else in that room.’
“There was a shooter in the building, luckily we were in one of the safest closets in the school, I hope that everyone is alright, I’m still shaking, girls are crying, the officers are here and holding the shooter in custody, this has to be a dream, I don’t have my phone, but pick me up in the high school. I love you guys.”