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"My proudest moment is saving my own life from becoming quadriplegic, in spite of multiple doctors telling me they could not find anything wrong with me.I have lived with chronic, debilitating neck and back pain for seven years. Before my third spinal fusion surgery in May 2019, I had already been p …

"My proudest moment is when I chose life over taking my own.It was Christmas morning, I was 13 years old and a freshman in high school, when an older cousin raped me. I was visiting my mother, who was staying with that cousin at the time. Estranged from her at birth due to her drug use, these rare v …

"My proudest moment is being a mom and supporting other moms. Vaginal, natural, medicated, un-medicated, in a hospital, in home, at a birthing center, in your car on the way to the hospital, via c-section - all births are beautiful and a miracle and each one is challenging and hard in their own …

"My proudest moment is making it to the top of Texas and taking my first solo road trip adventure!I started planning this trip about six months prior. It was one of those trips I kept waiting for another person to be able to go on, and so I kept putting it off again and again. I finally decided that …

My proudest moment is embracing my voice."Ever since I was a young boy, I always struggled with finding my voice. As a queer Latino living in a predominantly LatinX community, speaking aloud about my identity was not always a walk in the park. I mean any ten-year-old would find it hard to defen …

"As the years go by, my proudest moment changes. Which is a wonderful thing to be able to say really. That means there is constant growth happening, and to me, that's pretty important. Being a parent means we witness growth happen on the regular. Things change as the times go on and the one thing th …

"My proudest moment is when I packed up my life and moved 2,000 miles from Massachusetts to Utah to attend the University of Utah.I told everyone I was going to Utah because I wanted to ski while going to school and I wanted a new adventure. That was mostly true, but the main reason was that I had a …

"My proudest moment is getting into the design program at the University of Utah.I’m so lucky to say that I’ve done a lot in my life that I am proud of, but I’d have to say the most recent and most rewarding was getting into the design program, summer 2019. I was nearly two years into my biology deg …

"My proudest moment is when I choose my son.I was 15 when my mom left. We were living in Las Vegas at the time that she and my dad hit yet another rough patch in their marriage. She filed for divorce, packed a suitcase, and headed to New York City to become a flight attendant leaving behind my dad, …

"My proudest moment is simply when I show up.You see, I have severe anxiety. Recently, my therapist told me that I'm a ball of anxiety and hope. I worry all the time about all the things. All the different scenarios. I worry about things that people don't even think about. I think about all of the " …