Hero stories

grow
By
Patty
Spain

Tough experiences lead us to grow

I am a normal girl, so normal that if I had to describe myself I would say that I have had very good and very bad experiences. A tough divorce with young children, a personal tsunami that began at that moment when you realize that you matter and the happiness[...]
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captain
By
Vincent Reutt
France

My journey to be the captain of my life

It all started with an amazing decision. We should get pregnant! Saying we are having a baby is not an easy quick decision you take alone, like preparing a cake, watching a movie or cleaning up your garden, at least not for us. We made this decision together, united.
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breast cancer
By
Lindsey Garcia
U.S.A.

I am grateful for my breast cancer

It was the day after my son’s fourth birthday when I felt the lump in my left breast. The sensation was similar to what a clogged milk duct feels like and I knew I needed to call my OB GYN.  Less than two months prior, I lost a precious baby[...]
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pap smear
By
Jacqueline Whitmore
U.S.A.

Don´t wait to get your annual Pap smear

It was July 2001, I was a contestant in the Mrs. Florida Pageant. At 36-year-old, I was in the best shape of my life. (Or so I thought.) With the hustle and bustle of getting ready for the competition, starting a new business, and being a busy wife, I wasn't[...]
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life
By
Hector Lozano
Spain

One race, one life

15 years ago I started to participate in races just because I enjoyed running, feeling the adrenaline of putting on a race number on a Sunday was already a challenge for me, as the months passed the distance grew, 10 km, 21 km, the first Marathon... my running times were[...]
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depression
By
Su Gomila
Spain

I broke away from my beliefs to free myself from depression

I remember that I was totally lost and defeated, suffering a deep depression from which I hoped that someone would take me out. Neither psychologists or psychiatrists helped me break down that wall that stood between my mind and heart, preventing me from being aware of how to get out[...]
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down syndrome
By
Luis Chiva
Spain

My son with down syndrome came into my life to save me

My name is Luis Chiva de Agustín, I am a gynecologist, with a family of 7 children, and this is our story. In February 2010, my wife, María, received an email mentioning that a foreign child had been left in the hospital at birth for having Down Syndrome, and they[...]
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cancer
By
Klodjana
United Kingdom

Cancer made me fully embrace myself

A cancer diagnosis is far-reaching ,mentally, emotionally, and physically. It is the kind of news that provokes an internal earthquake, having you feel all its seismic waves propagating in all directions. And just like that, in a blink of an eye, nothing is the same anymore. It was November 2020,[...]
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dream
By
Zaira
Spain

How I made my dream a reality

My story begins with a dream, I guess like all stories; my dream was to live in a quiet place, near the sea, with a warm climate, healthy, without debt and without worrying about work, not much! I lived in Madrid and as it was logical to think for a[...]
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