“In some way, shape, or form, I wanted her to be part of my wedding, even if it was before the fact.”
My Terminally Ill Mom Couldn’t Survive Until My Wedding, So We Brought Our Vows To Her
‘Somewhere inside of you is a little girl who wonders at the grown-up you’ve become, someone who is fierce and ready to take on the world.’: Woman thankful for her daughter, ‘she is teaching me in the midst of raising her’
“There have been times you have said ‘no’ when you wanted to say ‘yes.’ I have seen this photo before and it always takes me back and makes me think.”
‘I received a missed call from daycare. ‘Declan was taking a nap and never woke up.’ I remember thinking it was a silly bump or runny nose.’: Woman says ‘I will always be Declan’s momma’ after SIDS loss
“I found my husband, dirty from work and his face buried in his hands. Several police officers stared at me as he paced and yelled, ‘Come on buddy, come on.’ I went behind the curtain and saw my son looking so tiny on the hospital bed in just his diaper, and a dozen doctors and nurses around him trying to start his heart.”
‘We noticed a man mowing the lawn outside an empty house. ‘Who lives there?’ In minutes, my husband was sharing his number in case they needed help.’: Woman praises husband for acts of kindness, ‘Find a man who loves people’
“This weekend, our elderly neighbor lost his wife. Less than an hour later, my husband was organizing what food we could buy and drop off there so he had something to eat before his kids showed up on Monday.. One of the main reasons I love him is not how he treats me. It’s how he treats others.”
‘A middle-aged woman stopped me at the gym. ‘You are so pretty. You could be a model if only you lost weight!’ I’d just lost 140 pounds.’: Woman urges ‘being fat will never take away my self-worth’
“She stopped me as I was leaving the gym. The rage I felt in my teen years surged back right under the surface, and for the rest of the week, I stewed on this backhanded compliment. ‘If I lost weight…’ I had just lost 140 pounds and never felt better.”
‘Minutes after the pregnancy photos were taken, I found blood in the bathroom and felt a gush of water. In an instant, I knew I needed to get to the hospital.’: Couple diagnosed with rare blood clot disorder, ‘Jack is not only our guardian angel, but my hero’
“His name was Jack. I replay it in my head every day. He is so loved and so so wanted.”
‘My child may have died, but my love – and my motherhood – never will. Not a second passes when I am not aware of my child’s absence.’: Woman pens letter for bereaved mothers
“Please, just sit beside me. Say nothing. Do not offer a cure. Or a pill, or a word, or a potion. Witness my suffering and don’t turn away from me. Please be gentle with me. And I will try to be gentle with me too.”
‘He’s old enough to be alone. Why do you always have to babysit your brother?’ No one understood. I promised to protect him.’: Older sister becomes advocate to brother with autism, ‘He is my biggest teacher’
“I felt this huge need to protect him. Children would laugh at him and call him stupid. I screamed at them and stood up for him. The older I got, the angrier I was and the more pain I felt. I didn’t know what to do.”
‘He asked me to go under the building and pick up a cigarette butt. ‘No way!’ When I refused he ordered me to, ‘Go see the old man.’: Veteran details army life thanks to StoryWorth
“So, we went to the captain, who asked us what had happened. ‘So, what’s the story?’ I told him, ‘I had 16 weeks of basic training, and I thought the harassment was over. I would have broken my back trying to crawl under that building to get a cigarette butt!'”
‘She tapped a stranger’s shoulder, ‘Um, excuse me, sir.’ Without any pauses she said, ‘We need to make a game plan for you guys.’: Woman experiences unexpected kindness on flight, ‘We can do these things for other people’
“I see a flight attendant lock eyes and head our way, I freeze a bit. Since it feels like exactly zero people are ready to fly, I feel like this is a safe space to finally unpack this. It was the last flight of a very long travel day.”