Love often leads to unplanned and unexpected events. Pregnancy is one of the most life-altering events someone can go through, and if someone isn’t ready for it, finding out what to do can be difficult to navigate. Rebecca tells her story of the difficulties of her own foray into reproductive health care when both state bureaucracy and family act as barriers.

When we hear about sexual assault, we often only think about the trauma that comes with a violent act. But what happens in the aftermath can be just as damaging as the assault itself. Anastasia tells her story about what we don’t often hear: how the long-lasting effects of her sexual assault experience still follow her to this day.

A few years ago, Myisha found herself in a strange place. As a black, single mother of three, there was already a narrative for women like her. But she was not born to suffer through generational trauma without a fight. Through a struggle that almost defeated her, she made sure her story would one day be heard.

Ashanti was raised with a very specific idea of what it meant to "be a man." But as a self-proclaimed "Mama's Boy," his teenage masculinity was put to the ultimate test when he found his mom in danger. Ashanti tells his story on how decisions proving our masculinity can come from the strangest places.

Molly had given birth to her first child, and like most parents, she was experiencing all the uncertainty that comes with parenthood. She was open to many possibilities of what her child would become, but nothing could prepare her when she discovered her child was not who she had expected.