With a community behind her, Izzy takes on the world (12 Photos)
The doctor told Heidi she should let go of any expectations she had had for Isabelle’s future.
But Heidi looked down at her daughter and knew, in a way, he was right. She should let go of her expectations for Izzy’s future… because her future would be different: she would make sure it would be better than Izzy could have ever imagined.
Endless pain cannot crush one tiny fighter’s spirit (7 Photos)
In the middle of the night, Jay’lee began to cry. Jessica jumped out of bed, her maternal instincts on high alert.
As Jessica sleepily changed her daughter’s diaper in the darkness, she couldn’t have known what was causing Jay’lee to cry. She didn’t know then, that her daughter was suffering… that she was in excruciating pain…
Through tragedy, young champion continues to fight (14 Photos)
After The Event, doctors prepared Matthew’s parents for the very real possibility that he would not survive. They kept using words like catastrophic and devastating, but Susan and Tom were only half-listening. They knew Matthew had it in him to fight. For the first 48 hours, they held their breath. When Matthew made it through that hurdle, they set their sights on the next milestone.
And after 8 days, he opened his eyes…
A look back at the heroes we’ve helped (15 Photos)
Memorial Day is a time to reflect on how far we’ve come, but more importantly, to remember how we got here. The freedom that we enjoy every day did not always belong to us – we had to fight for it.
Chive Charities is committed to providing financial support to those who defend us. When our veterans have nowhere to turn, they turn to us.
A fated act of kindness saves one veteran’s life (12 Photos)
“I was tired,” he remembers. “I was tired of locking up all my sadness, anger, depression, and anxiety and pretending like it didn’t exist. I thought about becoming one of the 22 a day because I didn’t think I deserved to be here anymore and I was just a burden to my family…”
Princess has only one birthday wish for her little sister (17 Photos)
Joanie Hemmer had just given her 10-month-old daughter, Emberlyn, a bath. She tickles Emberlyn’s feet while she tells her fairy tales of faraway places; mystic kingdoms where beautiful princesses live on icy mountain castles, and a Sleeping Beauty who can only be awakened by true love’s kiss. Magic kingdoms far from Lincoln, Nebraska…
After tragedy, this fighter has reason to hope (13 Photos)
Jennifer Powell takes a deep breath. It’s finally quiet as she settles into her chair beside her daughter’s hospital bed. The only sounds are the steady beeps and clicks of the monitoring machines in the dark, empty room. There haven’t been many peaceful moments lately, not since the seizures started. After checking Tia’s vitals one last time, Jennifer eases into her chair and slowly drifts off to sleep…
Hours later, she woke to the sound of her daughter screaming.
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