My wife and I were driving home from a party at 2 AM when our car suddenly broke down in the middle of nowhere. This was before…

My husband texted me, saying that he’d be back 2 days earlier from his work trip. Monday, he came home and apologized for not telling me that…

Sofia, 35, is our devoted reader, who never missed an opportunity to give some nice piece of advice to people who shared their stories with us. The…

My wife was pregnant with our third child. We ended up in the ER as she was miscarrying. The nurse shed tears because “the fetus was not viable.” It was horrible. One of the first…

I was babysitting for my sister. At 3 a.m., her baby monitor lit up. I checked—her baby was asleep. Then a voice whispered through the speaker: “He’s not okay.”I called my sister in a panic. She yelled,“Take my son…

I was diagnosed with infertility after years of trying. It shattered me. I finally opened up to my mom, hoping for comfort. She said, “Well, maybe it’s karma for getting that abortion in college. Life has…

I was on a bus, 7 months pregnant. An old woman got in; no one gave her a seat, so I offered her mine. She sat and kept staring into my eyes.While leaving, she slipped something heavy…

I’m Betty, a 38-year-old housewife, and I’ve been married to Evan for eight years. He has a 12-year-old son from his previous marriage.Recently, Evan lost his well-paying job. His son attends…