Kris’ cousin felt her daughter would have a better life with Kris.
51-Year-Old Was Asked To Adopt Cousin’s Daughter After 2 Miscarriages, Doctor’s Warn They’d ‘Never Have A Child’
Why It’s Time For Hollywood To Stop Depicting Villains With Facial Disfigurements (From A Severe Burn Survivor)
“Over time, Hollywood has come a long way in improving representation. Black characters can be heroic; gay characters are rarely reduced to stereotypes. Overweight characters can be presented in the full complexity of their humanity. However, disfigured people are still fair game. In fact, I can’t think of any other marginalized group that is so relentlessly negatively portrayed on screen.”
‘Not being able to smile is the greatest gift I could’ve been given.’: Woman with rare Moebius Syndrome turns pain to purpose
“I’ve been through a lot, seen a lot, and been dealt a lot in my short 24 years of being on this earth, but I’ve come out on the other side, turned my pain into power, and now I get to live out my dream reality.”
‘Your mom is an angel now.’ I knew she was still looking after me – she was there in spirit.’: Woman overcomes loss of mom by following in her footsteps, advocating for Indigenous people
“I share my story for other Indigenous youth who are also going through intergenerational trauma.”
25 Women Open Up About Their Experience With Miscarriage
“Though you may feel alone in your miscarriage, the opposite is true. There is an entire community willing to open up about the hard details of their miscarriages.”
I’d Never Really Thought Much About My Death, Until The Day I Accidentally Jumped Off My Roof
“I gracefully superman-dove off the tippy top of a 2-story house. I should have died. By some beautiful miracle, I didn’t.”
‘It’s time to wear our scars and battle wounds openly.’: Woman ‘breaks the silence’ to commemorate National Infertility Awareness Week
“Our stories deserve to be told in all their entirety.”
‘At 3:30 a.m., I awoke to a sharp pain in my upper left abdomen. This was NOT a drill.’: Mom opens up on traumatic micro-preemie loss
“That loss can seem impossible to navigate. But in your darkest moments, know that you are not alone.”
I Was Born In The Closed Adoption Era (And It Destroyed My Self-Worth)
“For an adoption to take place, there is a huge loss involved. But it can also turn out to be a beautiful story.”
‘This is an April Fools’ Joke…right Mommy?!’ I ushered my kids to our one and only family vehicle, and we took off down the road.’: Mom shares family healing journey through marital struggles
“The one thing we never lost during all those hard years was our love for each other. We just now know that love is not enough.”