Today, as I was boarding a plane across the country on my way to attend my grandfather’s funeral, I realized I never went out of my way to see him when he lived right down the street. MMT

Today, I realized my 12-year-old son has lost weight recently, but I haven’t noticed any change in his eating habits or physical activity level. So I asked him about it and he said, “Oh yeah, I’ve been sharing half my lunch with Gordon, a homeless man that sleeps on a bench near my school's bus stop.” MMT

Today, negative 70 pounds later, and for the first time since we were little kids, I can fit into my sister’s jeans. MMT

Today, my brother who has been legally blind since he was born underwent a special surgery which partially restored his vision. And as he squinted at my mother for the first time with his new eyes, he said, “You’re just as beautiful as I have dreamed you were for the last 19 years.” MMT

Today, my parents are two of the biggest homophobes I know. And I’m 16 and I’m gay. But they don’t know it yet. MMT

Today, nearly a full month after my husband died in a car accident, I started working again. I went into my home office, opened my work laptop and found a sticky note from my husband stuck to the screen. It was dated the day he died, and it read, “You look beautiful today, honey. Let’s make today a good one!” MMT

Today, a week after we celebrated my pregnancy, I noticed my husband hasn’t been smoking. He never mentioned a thing to me about quitting, so I asked him, “When did you finally decide to quit smoking?” He put his hand on my tummy and said, “When I realized I didn’t want to miss a thing.” MMT

Today, I finally met my 8-year-old son’s new best friend from school, Kyle. For the last month, all I’ve heard about is how wonderful he is, and how they did this together and laughed about that. When I met Kyle this afternoon, I immediately realized he was missing an arm. But my son never once mentioned it. MMT

Today, after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, with tears in his eyes after a long moment of silence, he quietly said, “I just hope I’m around long enough for my daughter to remember me.” MMT

Today, approximately an hour before she pulled the trigger, she wrote the final entry in her diary. It simply said, “I wish I was white.” MMT

Today, after spending my younger years wishing to fall in love, I now wish someone could teach me how to fall out of love. MMT

Today, after the funeral, I went back to her condo to help her parents clear it out. As I emptied her desk drawers, I stared down at the large calendar lying on her desktop. It was filled with all these unresolved business meetings, to-do’s, and personal plans. And there was a heart-shaped doodle on my birthday. MMT

Today, after evaluating the concerned expression of self-doubt on my face, my mother said, “You just have to do your own thing, your own way, no matter what anyone else thinks or says about you. It's your life!” MMT

Today, 3 years after he lost life in Iraq, on my 18th birthday, I received a hand written card from my dad. It was postmarked overseas and accompanied by an anonymous note that read, “Your father was a hero. He wrote this letter in the hospital. I’m just fulfilling my promise to him. More to come soon.” MMT

Today, as a young ‘up and coming’ lawyer, everyone in the firm was congratulating me for winning my first big case this morning. And all day long all I could think about is how I used a technicality in the law to help a murderer walk away a free man. MMT

Today, he sent me this text message: “You're perfect. Everything about you is mesmerizing. You have no imperfections because any of the traits that could be imperfect about you makes you who you are, which makes you that much more perfect in my eyes. Thanks for being you.” MMT

Today, my two best friends got married. The three of us grew up together from the time we were infants. We’ve pretty much been inseparable our entire lives. So although I’m happy for my friends, I can’t help but feel left out and lost… like I will never find the romantic love they found in each other. MMT

Today, as my colleague and I installed a new home theater system in a mansion in the Hamptons, the maid skipped around the house, smiling and singing as she cleaned and the owner of the mansion stormed around from one room to the next with a phone to his ear, screaming and frowning about some business deal. MMT

Today, she passed away. Five years ago when doctors set a time limit on her life, she began to live more life every day than most people do in a decade. She traveled, started a successful charity for ill kids, and donated one of her healthy kidneys to a complete stranger who faced death without it. MMT

Today, she saved my life when she told me she was contemplating suicide too. MMT