From Teenage Mother in Compton to Nurse Leader: A Journey of Resilience
This June, I will celebrate thirty years as a registered nurse. In many ways, it feels like a lifetime ago, yet it also feels like …
Kindness
A Teacher’s Final Lesson of Love: Tammy Waddell’s Dying Wish for Backpacks Instead of Flowers Inspires a Global Wave of Compassion for Students in Need
Tammy Waddell spent more than 25 years teaching in Forsyth County, Georgia, and she wasn’t just a teacher in the technical sense. She was the …
Told to parent her like neurotypical child Mom shares long difficult journey toward daughter’s autism diagnosis truth
Chris and I first met back in 2002 when we were just teenagers. We dated through high school and college, growing up together in many …
We were in shock but Drew smiled with the doctor saying Momma I will be alright always
On December 14, 2006, our family grew in the best way when we greeted our son, Drew Parker. He reached at 1:10 p.m., weighing 8 …
I was chosen to be their parent fostering five kids and birthing miracle baby after loss
In 2010, I traveled to Tanzania to follow a dream I had carried for years—to volunteer at a baby orphanage. I never imagined then that …