“I was really young when I had my boys. I got pregnant at 12, and I was 15 when I had the second one. Basically, I was raising my babies while I was still a baby. I raised them while going to school. It was … Continue readingYoung mother proud of sons and herself
“I remember everything. I was 7 years old when she started being nauseous and feeling weak. I would walk her to the restroom and back to the living room. At first, she thought she was pregnant. But it was cancer. And it spread. It attacked … Continue readingShe continues her mother’s life lessons
“I got my CNA [certified nursing assistant] license and started working at an all-boys CPS [Child Protective Services] facility. I went in there with a good mental state a year ago. I thought I could handle it and make a difference. But it didn’t work … Continue readingCaregiver redirects efforts to help elderly
“I went walking today, and I found this beat-up basketball over there in the grass. I thought, I may as well see if I can still shoot. “I played sports in high school, basketball and football. It’s been a while, though. I’m 56. I didn’t … Continue reading‘I’m moving parts that haven’t moved in years’
“I see the question all the time: what do you want to be when you grow up? But I tell my son, that’s the wrong question. It should be: what do you want to be now? Your mind is going to keep changing as you … Continue readingYoung writer gets lots of encouragement from dad
“I had a lump pop up on my throat. Wasn’t sure what it was. Didn’t think it was cancer. Being a Christian, I really wasn’t that worried. My wife told me, ‘Let’s go to MD Anderson.’ “They checked it out and said it was squamous … Continue readingCancer survivor tolerates life with feeding tube
“We decided it was time to buy our dream home. We wanted something laid back, where we could have animals. “I grew up around animals in Louisiana, where my dad was. There were chickens, ducks, hogs. He raised them to butcher them. I’d come home … Continue reading‘Dream home’ serves as farm animal rescue
“Haven’t you read in the Bible where it says to always wear white? It’s Ecclesiastes 9, I think verses 7-9. It’s something like, ‘Drink your wine with a joyful heart. Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the meaningless days of your meaningless … Continue readingWhen it comes to clothes, and cars, he sees white
“I’m thinking about officially quitting nursing. I’m just tired. I’ve been at it for 43 years. I started in doctors’ offices in hospitals. Since then, I’ve done everything known to mankind. “I worked for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice at their women’s prison farm … Continue readingAfter 43 years, nurse ready for something different
“Growing up, I was a boxer. It was me and my older brother. We traveled around New England. We fought all over the U.S. We went to Canada, Mexico and Europe to fight. He was a standby for the U.S. Olympic team. I fought for … Continue readingIndividual aspect of bodybuilding appealing