“The faces of the remaining orphans looked through the rod iron gate, waving goodbye with sad faces. Many of them will never experience the love of a family. It changed our hearts dramatically, and we knew we would adopt again.”
‘If we’d said no to this journey she’d be dead. Please know your YES matters to the life of an orphan.’: Couple compelled by faith pursue international, special needs adoptions
‘I’m tired of adoption being used by the pro-life movement as a substitute for abortion when there are 400,000 kids in foster care.’: Adoptee speaks out about overturn of Roe v. Wade
“Please do not put words in our mouths. We are here, and we have opinions of our own. Do not diminish our voices to, ‘At least your mom chose life.'”
‘I’ve always felt like everyone else was given an instruction manual to life, but not me.’: Autistic student shares diagnosis, unmasking journey
“‘Why don’t you do something normal for once?’ They would pretend to be interested in what I was doing but then talk to me like a baby and leave to go laugh with their friends. All of this was really confusing at the time, and I’m only just starting to realize how awful some of these people actually were.”
‘I let go of my shame and the whole world opened up for me.’: Pansexual, gender-fluid individual shares self-acceptance journey
“My love is not a cage. My love is about freedom. My love does not obligate you to anything, and that has been one of the biggest blessings I have received in the queer community.”
Mexican Dad’s Traditional Slow-Cooked Pork Carnitas
“I only saw my abuela a handful of times, and I never had the chance to meet my abuelo. In a way, cooking my dad’s recipe for carnitas makes me feel close to them. It’s part of my heritage.”
‘All I could do when I was in his office was cry and beg for a hip replacement.’: Multiple Sclerosis warrior shares journey through misdiagnoses
“Once all my tests came back ‘normal,’ he asked, ‘Does bipolar run in your family?’ I was so defeated and felt I needed to swear off doctors altogether. Sadly, swearing off doctors doesn’t make symptoms go away.”
After Losing Her Entire Life’s Memories, This Woman Decides To Live A Life Of Passion And Inspiration
“I believe finding purpose in the pain was where my new life began. I was able to start over when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and started exercising!”
This Is My Story Of Having Alopecia And Alopecia Not Having Me
“I prayed for strength and posted the first picture. My phone began to go crazy with all of the likes, hearts, messages, congratulations, praises, and thank you’s from both women and men.”
Kids With ‘Show Up’ Parents Become ‘Show Ups’ Themselves
“My dad was my Show Up guy. When he had a stroke a few weeks ago, he was met with a Show Up daughter.”
‘Despite appearing to be a stage-loving, attention-hogging, enthusiastic extrovert, the truth is quite the opposite.’: Woman shares realizations about being a ‘closet introvert’
“I wouldn’t blink an eye if told I had to get on stage in front of hundreds of people and perform. I’d do it in a heartbeat, and do it enthusiastically. But put me in a room with the same people and ask me to mingle, and I’d want to crawl into a hole and hide.”