From First Kiss to Heartbreak: How a Blended LGBTQ+ Family Overcame Loss, Trauma, and Rejection—and Found Love Stronger Than Ever

Three years ago, on July 26, 2018, my future wife and I shared our first kiss—a moment that would launch ...
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From Rising Star to Bed-Bound: How One Woman Fought a Rare Spine Disease and Found a Community That Saved Her Life

Before I became ill with Tarlov Cyst Disease, my life felt full and vibrant. I worked as a regional accounts ...
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Bullied for Being ‘Too Skinny’ at 12, She Grew Into Her Body—and Finally Learned She Was Beautiful All Along

I was an extremely thin girl in my early adolescence. In fact, I was so skinny that people often called ...
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She fell in love with a man she couldn’t ‘see’—and his blindness couldn’t stop their extraordinary love story from blossoming into marriage and parenthood.

Life has a way of showing you, over and over again, that there is profound beauty in surrendering your expectations ...
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She hid alcoholism behind a “perfect mom” life—until pancreatitis landed her in the hospital and forced her to break a deadly family cycle.

I always believed I knew better than to ever pick up a drink. My father was an alcoholic my entire ...
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