Welcome to the How I Made My Family series! In this first installment, we hear how one couple gets the opportunity not only to build a family of their own, but to also give back to the angels who gifted them parenthood.

Crushed by hundreds of pounds of dirt on a job site, and no one can get him out.

Gratitude: that beautiful emotion that brings happiness in the very expression of it. Sometimes we can pay our thanks back. Sometimes we can pay it forward. Either way, acts of kindness done for us leave a lasting impression on our souls.

A hit and run. Grave and extensive injuries. And yet, the planets align in the luckiest ways to keep one woman alive on the unluckiest of days.

A narrow escape in one of the most tragic accidents in air show history. One woman's account of her experience at the Reno Air races, 2011.

A family gift or a family curse? Either way, this woman and her talented sister have had some extremely interesting experiences with the deceased.

Stories of appearances from individuals not living in our realm of existence. Some are super spooky. Some are super helpful. One thing is for sure, we, the living, do not appear to be wholly alone.

More Halloween fun! Two men's pranks that went a little too far.

Four women. Five nightmarish circumstances. All have to stop and ask themselves: Is this really happening?

Performances gone wrong. High pressure competition. Comic relief. The stage brings it all out, especially in pageants.