“My sisters and I will wipe or scratch his nose, brush his teeth, wash his hair, shave his face, clip his nails, clean out his ears and wipe his eyes.”
‘Something wasn’t right. It took a long time for him to be diagnosed.’ Family desperately loves their beloved grandfather through his heartbreaking ALS progression
Please Stop Telling Me I Only Have 18 Summers With My Kids
“Truth is, none of us are promised one more minute, one more day.”
‘There were two types of girls: skinny girls and fat girls. Being fat was the worst thing we could be.’: Woman loses 100 pounds after ‘the perfect storm’ in college, immerses herself in world of fitness
“After graduating, I packed my bags and headed to college. There, I found a college meal card, 24-hour Dominos delivery, and a party lifestyle. What I didn’t find? My running shoes. Lack of activity, poor food choices, and a very skinny ‘eats anything he wants’ college boyfriend created the perfect storm. I’d gone from heavy to morbidly obese.”
‘We got the horrifying call in the middle of the night: ‘She’s bleeding from her mouth and we don’t know where it’s coming from and can’t stop it.’: Mom shares grief journey after losing twin to rare heart defect, DiGeorge Syndrome
“She’d been taken in for emergency surgery. The bleeding seemed to have slowed, but they still hadn’t found the source. ‘She’s losing too much blood and I don’t think she’s going to make it.’ But she wasn’t gone…there was still hope. The next time the doctor came in, all hope was lost.”
How A Cold Water Bottle Sent My Body Into Shock
“I felt like I was going to throw up, so I opened the truck door and the next thing I know I fall face-first to the ground and my dad’s rolling me over and wiping off my face.”
‘It was like she knew, and was sending this to me.’: Grandmother sends an unexpected ‘perfect’ gift from heaven to her beloved granddaughter
“I remember holding her hand as she took her last breaths and giving her hugs. Our wedding day was made even more special because I was able to wear my grandma’s wedding dress she wore 60 years prior.”
Why I Advocate For My Children’s Personal Boundaries
“I am their safe place, one that they trust and I won’t abuse that by insisting that they do something that makes them feel uncomfortable to be polite.”
‘I was staying at a hotel. My friend had a clean needle, and just like that, I shot up meth for the very first time. My entire world flipped upside down.’: Addict’s powerful story of finally getting clean after hitting ‘rock bottom’
“My mom kept calling me. I ignored her. Next thing I know, I’m waking up to paramedics in my face. I overdosed. If my mom had gotten home 5 minutes later, it would’ve been too late. I would’ve been gone. Something told her she needed to walk home from work the very moment I didn’t answer her calls. Someone was looking out for me.”
‘What is happening? Am I going to die?’: Mom details stroke recovery journey
“My arms weren’t doing what I wanted them to. They felt clumsy and my thoughts seemed to be in slow motion. The next thing I knew, I was collapsing onto the floor of my closet.”
An Inside Look At Our Family Dog’s Heartwarming Cross-Country Adventure
“My parents took our dog on a road trip, and stopped in every state to mark his journey!”
‘Baby Coehn was taken to Heaven too soon by Trisomy 18. His momma labored for 33 hours before getting to hold her son.’
“There is no way you can prepare yourself to bury your child. We both were trying to keep it together, but it was obvious we were falling apart.”
‘PUT AWAY THEIR SCREENS’: 7-year-old has avatar GANG RAPED after playing Roblox video game used by 64 million people
‘I’m questioning whether or not I should allow my precious 7-year-old daughter to have access to a screen ever again.”
‘One of the worst things that could go wrong is happening. She’s lost her phone charger.’
“I honestly feel like we all need to take cover right now. Like, I’m seriously looking for a place to hide.”
A Letter To My Son One Year After His Heartbeat Stopped
“No matter how many bad days I have without you in my arms, it is another day closer to being together again.”
‘I had all her kids. She messed up and it was done’: Foster mom and bio mom on raising their ‘little traumatized souls’
“Our relationship started off tense, territorial, and hard. She accused me of everything and I thought nothing of her. But I realized, she is not my enemy. Her addiction is.”
Top 10 Reasons Kids Are Cooler Than Adults, According To This Single Dad
*talking to a person they just met in the elevator* “If you give me a quarter, I won’t fart in here.”
‘I see Dad wiping his eyes. I realize he is crying.’ Elderly man devastated his wife with dementia thought ‘everyone left her’
“I was in the bathroom. She didn’t know where I was. She went outside into the yard looking for me.”
‘It’s the little things making you realize you’re still in love.’: Husband describes what marriage is
“Today we woke up happy. As I drove to work we were chatting and somehow one of us took something the wrong way. We barely spoke all day and then the same thing happened later in the afternoon.”
‘I tried to convince her to leave, but she wouldn’t. My mom won $24,000 and gave us the money to do IVF.’: Woman’s BINGO WIN finally gives her TWINS, ‘This changed our lives forever’
“I had an addiction to peeing on sticks. It’s a real thing. My husband made me pee on the test that says ‘pregnant’ or ‘not pregnant.’ HE didn’t believe the lines. Sure enough, our bingo babies were conceived! What came next was unexpected and scary. I had a postpartum hemorrhage after each baby was born and they could not get it under control. ‘Am I dying?,’ I remember asking my mom. I kept thinking, ‘How did I go through all this and not be able to see my babies grow up?’”
‘I heard him scream, Mom, my head!’: Mystery medic saves boy, mom writes ‘letter in hopes of finding our guardian angel’
“The medic not only saved my son, but a little brother, a grandson, a nephew and a friend. We can never repay him.”
The 7 Burdens Of Being A Young Person Living With Chronic Illness
Young people carry several extra burdens, especially when their disability is invisible.
Birth Mom Honors Loving Foster Mom With Godmother Title After Reuniting With Son
“He has brought so much joy and happiness to our family, and he brought two people together that otherwise may have never met.”
‘Baby Dwight (Lakeston) had a blast celebrating his first birthday Dunder Mifflin style!’
“We tried to think of as many significant food references throughout the series that would also make good food for a party!”
Corgi ‘DOGGY DOULA’ sticks by mom’s side during her entire home water birth
“He would give her reassuring kisses to let her know she could do this. It was a beautiful thing to watch – the bond between mom and baby, and man’s best friend.”
‘Before I lost my Mom, if you had asked me what the best day ever looked like, it would look a lot different than it would today.’
“She took a lot with her the day she died, but in losing her, I gained a whole new perspective on life. That’s something I couldn’t have gained if grief hadn’t come into my life and showed me what the best day ever really looks like.”