Today, I didn’t believe in miracles until my 19-year-old son who was diagnosed as ‘paralyzed’ from a car accident last year took his first unassisted steps around the rehab clinic with a huge smile on his face. MMT

Today, the kid that’s been bullying me since the school year started finally resorted to physical violence when I called him “a coward who’s all talk” this afternoon. He pushed me against a wall and hit me three times, giving me a black eye and a bloody nose. This evening, according to the 6PM news, he took his own life by hanging himself in his parent’s garage. MMT

Today, the final text she sent me before the accident was an MMT that ended with the words “…waking up without her.” And tomorrow morning, that’s exactly what I’ll be doing. MMT

Today, when my 5-year-old daughter asked me why a homeless man sitting near us looked the way he did, I explained to her what being homeless actually meant – no shelter, family, money to buy food, etc. My daughter began crying, and through her tears she said, “Well please give him food daddy, I don’t want him to starve to death.” MMT

Today, I have Stage 2 Lymphoma (cancer). This evening a good friend of mine – a girl I’ve had a crush on for 10 years (since 5th grade) – came to my hospital room with a movie and flowers. She snuggled with me and we kissed for the very first time. She said she’s sticking with me through this, and she made me promise to take her out of a romantic date as soon as I have my strength back. MMT

Today, my mom is paralyzed from the waist down. She has been like this for 17 years, after a car accident where she swerved her car to avoid young child who ran into the street. My mom lost control of her car and skidded off a hill hood first into a drainage canal. The little child is now 20-years-old and brings my mom flowers, mows my parent’s lawn for free, and offers other forms of assistance on a weekly basis without being asked. MMT

Today, 20 years after my brother’s death in high school, the boy who received his heart in an emergency transplant is now my sister’s husband of 15 years. They met because of the donor arrangement. MMT

Today, at the age of 28, I have two children, a $500,000 life insurance policy payout, and no husband. MMT

Today, the guy who used to bully me in high school is my next-door neighbor and one of my closest friends. On the flipside, my best friend from high school had an affair with my ex-wife 10 years ago, he was remorselessly unapologetic, and we haven’t spoken since. MMT

Today, 20 years after I was released from a 2-year prison sentence after killing her daughter - my best friend - in a DUI car accident her mom randomly knocked on my front door and said, "I forgive you for taking my baby from me." MMT

Today, as we sat across from each other at the coffee shop, she reached her hand across the table and held my hand. She said, “Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone's hand is the beginning of a journey to feeling better. At other times, it is allowing another to take yours. I'm here and I'm listening.” I proceeded to spill my guts about all my fears and the reasons I haven't gotten any sleep lately. And for the first time this afternoon, I was able to sleep without tossing and turning. MMT

Today, I am missing small pieces of both of my ears. My right one is scarred at the top and my left one is scarred near the bottom. I got these scars when I was at war in Iraq 4 years ago. As bullets flew in every imaginable direction, and fellow soldiers were falling down around me, I escaped with two little scars from bullets grazing both my ears. MMT

Today, we celebrated my cancer’s recent remission with a vacation in the Florida Keys where we met 10 years ago. She asked me to marry her seven years ago, a day after I was diagnosed with cancer. Then she stuck with me through all of it – the ups and the downs. And now it looks like we’ll have nearly a full lifetime to enjoy each other. Life’s twists and turns MMT.

Today, my high school bully is my secretary. I hired her last week after she begged me for a job for nearly 6 months straight, after spending one full year on unemployment. MMT

Today, my wife has been sober for 25 years. She stopped drinking the day she couldn’t remember giving me a black eye. It was a terrible struggle for her, but she did it. And now, after nearly 30 years of marriage, our relationship has never been stronger. MMT

Today, I find myself thinking back to something I saw on the local news about a year ago. A teen football player had died in a car accident. The cameras showed all his friends after the funeral - these big hulking guys, all in tears, saying, “I loved him. We all loved him so much.” I started crying, too, and I wondered if these guys had told the football player they loved him while he was alive, or whether it was only with death that this strange word, love, could be used. I vowed then and there that I would never hesitate to speak up to the people I loved. They deserved to know they gave meaning to my life. They deserved to know I thought the world of them. MMT

Today, as I'm sitting in my office chair I now realize that the person I once was isn't half of the person I am now. Looking through his FB pictures I have realized my ex is happy with another woman, while I'm here waiting for my boyfriend to come home, not knowing if things will work or if it's best for me to get up and move on. I love him more than he knows and more than he shows. I just don't want to lose him like I lost the love of my life long ago. MMT

Today I told my boyfriend I might be pregnant. I am 18 years old and still mentally recovering from my first abortion a month ago. I am in this position because even though I told him he had to, he didn't wear a condom. This time, I will not kill hurt baby. This time, I will not be pressured into making a decision I don't want to make. MMT

Today, as I was waiting at a red light I saw an old woman with a cane helping a young man in a wheelchair cross a street that was riddled with potholes from road construction. MMT

Today, I sit here thinking about the man I have fallen in love with. It was one of those happenings where I didn't think I'd ever even talk to him, but now we're so close. He supports and believes in me, and he truly cares. After years of depression and numerous thoughts about suicide and harming myself, I think I can finally feel it slipping away, because of him. His love and kindness really does MMT.