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.

Today, as I was shopping I almost walked by an old man who was standing outside in the cold weather handing out fliers. As I slowed down he told me that for a small donation he would give me a piece of his original poetry. He was saving up to have his poetry book bound and published. He was very close to making his dream come true. I gave him the spare change I had. MMT we are never too old to pursue our dreams, and the poem was beautiful.

Today, I was in line at a hotdog stand that was selling hotdogs for charity for $2.50. A homeless man approached me and asked for a dollar toward a hotdog. I looked in my wallet and handed him a $5 bill – the smallest bill I had. He got in line behind me and bought two hotdogs. Then I watched as he excitedly gifted one to a homeless woman who was resting under a nearby tree. MMT

Today, as I celebrate my 30th birthday and my coming out publically to all my friends and family, my 16-year-old niece sent me this text message: “I know your dealing with a lot right now, but I just want you to know that I don’t care about any of it. You love me for me, and I love you for you.” MMT

Today, I was notified that one of my students will be going through therapy for anxiety, mostly over her weight. She is in Kindergarten and only five years old. She is smart, caring, a math whiz, and has many friends at school. But, all this poor little girl sees is that she doesn't look like Barbie. When did the world get like this? MMT

Today, I had a long talk with my 15 year old, paraplegic brother. He told me he was going to break up with his girlfriend of two years because he would never be able to provide her with the one thing she wanted most, children. MMT

Today, I have been going to counseling a couple months now. Today was the first day that I finally believed I deserve better than you ever treated me. What matters is how I feel and live my life and I can't keep letting you make me feel guilty about letting you go. MMT

Today, my 8-year-old daughter curiously asked me, “Why does great-grandpa have a weird number tattooed on his arm in all the old pictures you have of him?” MMT

Today, my motel room in the Congo was burglarized while I was out on mission duty. What stood out to me the most though… other than a few miscellaneous items, the only thing they stole was about $70 dollars worth of groceries I had purchased last night. MMT

Today, even after years of physical and emotional abuse, when my phone rings, I still hope it's my dad. MMT

Today, I visit my mom in the hospital every morning and evening. She was recently giving 60 days to live. When she was healthy I saw her once every two weeks at the most. MMT

Today, this is the text message exchange that brought us back together: “…maybe you will fall in love with me all over again.” “Goodness,” she said, "I fight it, but I love you enough now as it is. What do you want to do, completely ruin me?” “Yes,” I said. “I want to ruin you. I want to ruin me too.” “Good,” she replied. “That’s what I want too.” MMT

Today, my ultra-religious father took his own life less than 24 hours after he kicked me out of the house for coming out of the closet. MMT