“He said, ‘Is it going to save them?’ We said ‘yes’ and he said, ‘Okay, I’ll do it then!’”
‘I’ll do it!’: 4-year-old ‘superhero’ donates bone marrow to twin baby brothers
‘1 in 80,000 moment.’: Baby born with amniotic sac still covering head surprises parents
“When I first saw the bubble I was just confused.”
Her final moments: ‘Facing fear, tightening up, letting go, and finally, embracing new life’
“Instead of her contagious laugh filling our family’s dining room, we ended up filling a hospital room in Albany to say goodbye to the life of our party.”
‘We are going to carry you.’: Students tell wheelchair-bound teacher their active shooter plan
“Today was really hard for me. Today was the first time I had to teach the day after a mass school shooting. I dreaded facing my students this morning, and as the first students walked in, I began to feel the anxiety pooling in my stomach. I was dreading one, specific question.”
UPDATE: 1-pound preemie ‘passed away peacefully’ in her ‘heartbroken’ parents’ arms
“My pregnancy was normal up until 21 weeks. One week later I started spotting. Unfortunately, the bleeding got heavier and caused me to contract.”
‘With his body full of tumors, he kept working. He wanted to be normal. He just wanted to be a cop.’: Wife’s tremendous grief after husband’s pancreatic cancer diagnosis
“Sounds were coming out of her mouth. I assume they were words, but I can’t remember any of them. I do, however, remember her face. She took a deep breath before she said it. She cocked her head to the side. She slightly shrugged her shoulders. I remember she made this weird sound before she delivered the news. I remember Chad’s reaction, and I remember feeling like I had just been hit by a truck.”
Family combats mom’s painful dementia journey with humor
“When I kiss her goodbye she still always says, ‘I love you so much.’ She may not know our names but she knows what love feels like.”
Photographer Rejoices Mothers’ Stretch Marks, Scars In Gorgeous Gold Dust Project
“Many women have spoken about their guilt towards disliking their bodies, but then their gratification to have their scars and marks, because at the end of the day, their bodies have done absolutely miraculous things of bringing a baby into the world.”
‘This is me, at the peak of my postpartum depression.’: Mom’s candid photo captures the depths of her ‘mind-altering’ postpartum depression
“I told my family that I wanted to die, I wanted to end my life. I was in so much pain, nothing seemed to help it.”
‘As soon as I looked down, I saw it in my baby’s face. ‘Well what is it?!’ I totally forgot we didn’t know if it was a boy or a girl.’: Mom discovers baby has Down syndrome after dramatic water birth, ‘She is perfect’
“I knew that something was different. As soon as I looked down, I saw it. I saw it in my baby’s face. I thought to myself… my baby has Down syndrome.”