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‘He was both deaf and blind. That’s when this lovely young woman came into the picture’: 15-year-old helps stranger aboard flight to make sure ‘his needs were met’
“It was a beautiful reminder, in this time of too much awfulness, that there are still good, good people who are willing to look out for each other.”
‘I was part of the ‘human rights violations’ taking place on the border.’ Confessions from a paramedic on the border
“Through the course of my career I have spent, off and on, 15 years working as a medic on the border.”
‘Having a new baby is like getting a new job. You start off with the three month probation period.’
“And for some screwed up reason, you’re really cool with that.”
‘I blurted out what first came to mind; I would have an abortion.’
“We watched our butterfly kind of stumble around a bit, until we said, ‘Mommy loves you,’ and ‘Daddy loves you’ The butterfly flew away into an overcast sky.”
‘My half-brother became an orphan at 2 years old, and was finally adopted after 458 days, by me – his sister.’
“Easton attended the second most monumental funeral of his life before he could even talk in full sentences. He became an orphan, unexpectedly, in only 12 days. He’s now a brother to 4 sisters whom he is biologically the uncle of!”
‘I found out I was adopted at the age of 45 on April Fool’s Day.’
“I was looking through old family photos when my wife comes in and says, ‘I need you to read this, and pull up a chair.'”
‘They each had handmade rings in their little hands and asked her to be theirs forever’: Dad and his 4 sons pull off perfect proposal for their future stepmom
“After his divorce a few years ago, Kevin had written a letter to his future wife. I hid that letter in a little mailbox just outside the barn. As she read the letter with tears in her eyes, all the boys snuck in and got down on one knee behind her.”
‘There is absolutely no sperm in the sample. What about our 3-4 kids!?’ Young couple’s struggle to cope with male factor infertility
“So many thoughts rushed through my head. ‘What are we doing here? We are healthy 26 year olds! What does IVF even entail!? Can we afford it?!’”
‘I can’t take it anymore. The school shootings. The political divide. The border.’ Fed up mom’s advice on the ONE THING to make it better
“I don’t have all of the answers. But I do have this. I do have this one thing to offer.”
What I Want My Child To Know After They F*ck Up
“In anticipation of an occurrence that I wholeheartedly hope never happens, but undoubtedly know will, I have preemptively drafted myself a script that I will hopefully remember in the coming years…”
