When I first hopped on a Zoom call with Gabby, her smile and warmth instantly greeted me. Our previous messages had me excited to learn why she loves strangers as much as I do. Since she has one of those light and uplifting personalities, I never would have guessed she was going to share such a traumatic story with me.  At the young age of 15 years old, Gabby was told she could never have children due to hormone imbalances, PCOS, and some other things. This broke her heart be

In 2023, 49,319 Americans died by suicide. Men made up 80 percent of that number making it roughly 39,000 men dying by suicide just in that one year. I had the privilege of talking with Gabino about how his childhood friendship saved him countless times from this idea that as a man he had to suffer in silence . This friendship started when they were eight years old after Gabino saw some kids being mean to Squeaky. He thought, "He's weird and I'm different, we could be good fr

What keeps us away from reconnecting with family? What happens if it doesn't turn out how we planned and what happens if it turns out even better than we imagined? Does reconnecting lead to more loss or more love? Does new love fill the void of former love? Each year nearly 75,000 to 100,000 kids are adopted in the United States. These kids all have a conversation that some of us never experience- "We are not your real parents." In the 1970's, Mark was one of these kids. Whil