Let me share three quick Stories and some life-changing lessons with you…

• “On my nursing shift at the hospital this evening, I was forced into a moment of clarity when I got off my phone, utterly flustered after having an argument with my husband, and my 8-year-old patient who’s dying of leukemia asked me if I was OK.”
• “Today is the 10-year anniversary of the day I had planned on ending my life.  It’s also the 10-year anniversary of the day I found out I was pregnant with my now 9-year-old son.  He’s the reason I changed my mind.  And he is so worth it!  But perhaps most importantly, I now realize I am worth it too.”
• “This afternoon I learned that the lady who I thought was a ridiculously young mom of the two twin girls I have in my 5th grade math class is actually their 25-year-old half sister.  It turns out, her parents got divorced and her mom had the twins with another man.  Then 4 years ago her mom and the father of the twins died in a car accident.  The 25-year-old daughter, who was only 21 at the time, took over as their legal guardian and has been raising them ever since.”

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