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Today, just two days after my 42nd birthday, I married the love of my life. And I thought love was a lie until I met him two years ago, just before I turned 40. MMT

#9229 (1) - Aug 2, 2010 by nell - Happy - Yes, that made me think too! (361) - No, that made me sleepy. (61)

Today, I read the suicide note I wrote 4 years ago and felt overwhelingly thankful that she showed up at my door that night. MMT

#9217 (1) - Aug 2, 2010 by molls - Happy - Yes, that made me think too! (441) - No, that made me sleepy. (18)

Today, as my son cried in my arms, he said, “What nobody realizes is that it’s torture. Every day of my life I wish I wasn’t gay.” MMT

#9205 (6) - Aug 1, 2010 by umom - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (822) - No, that made me sleepy. (62)

Today, as a teenage high school student with a white mom and a black dad, my white classmates don’t consider me white and my black classmates don’t consider me black. MMT

#9193 (6) - Aug 1, 2010 by alittlelost - Miscellaneous - Yes, that made me think too! (523) - No, that made me sleepy. (82)

Today, when I looked at my father sitting there again, drunk, I realized he did teach me something after all. He taught me firsthand what it means when someone gives up and leads a meaningless life. MMT

#9181 (0) - Jul 31, 2010 by ck - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (528) - No, that made me sleepy. (22)

Today, after telling my older sister, out of anger, how much I hated her, she drove to her friend's house in a storm and got in a bad wreck. I'm sitting in the waiting room at the hospital right now, praying that I will at least get a chance to tell her I love her. MMT

#9160 (2) - Jul 31, 2010 by 15yearolddreamer - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (565) - No, that made me sleepy. (21)

Today, when I asked my 5-year-old daughter what she wants for her birthday, she said, “I want you and daddy to stop fighting.” MMT

#9148 (1) - Jul 31, 2010 by Courtney - Miscellaneous - Yes, that made me think too! (585) - No, that made me sleepy. (16)

Today, someone anonymously slipped a note into my locker. It said, “Don’t let them get inside your head. You’re not boring, nerdy or stupid. You’re complex, creative and too intelligent for their small words. And for the record, you are infinitely more beautiful than you give yourself credit for.” MMT

#9136 (5) - Jul 30, 2010 by coryQ - Inspiring - Yes, that made me think too! (927) - No, that made me sleepy. (30)

Today, over GTalk, when I told him I was hopeless and lost, he said, “We can only see as far as we think, and we can only grow towards the things we believe.” MMT

#9124 (0) - Jul 30, 2010 by Vies - Inspiring - Yes, that made me think too! (331) - No, that made me sleepy. (41)

Today, at my 22-year-old daughter’s college graduation ceremony, she looked at me, held up her business diploma and said, “I got this for you.” MMT

#9112 (2) - Jul 30, 2010 by onefather - Miscellaneous - Yes, that made me think too! (360) - No, that made me sleepy. (36)

Today, I got back to my dorm room and took off my jacket. On the inside of the hood someone had scribbled "bitch." I've been bullied my whole life, and this hurts just as much at 19 as it did at 9. I don't know why some people have to be so mean. MMT

#9104 (11) - Jul 30, 2010 by Upset - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (612) - No, that made me sleepy. (48)

Today, I went to a concert where I saw a little girl with a fatal genetic disease on the shoulders of her mother. The life expectancy for a person affected by this disease is usually about fifteen years. Although she was weak and tiny, she was singing every word to every song at the top of her lungs. MMT

#9100 (2) - Jul 29, 2010 by Anonymous - Inspiring - Yes, that made me think too! (446) - No, that made me sleepy. (32)

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