Sherri knew she wanted to be a mother. When her body refused to cooperate, she took on daily injections and endless testing to combat her infertility. Several years later, her persistence finally paid off.
Sherry was 23 years old, 350 pounds and on an unhealthy downward spiral when she decided to have weight loss surgery. Now, 170 pounds lighter, she's a tri-athlete and Iron Man contender.
When Karen went away to college, a piece of Julie went with her. But the mother-daughter pair made a commitment to keeping close despite the distance between them.
An inner-ear disease left Laura with intense vertigo and no chance of maintaining a stage career. After sacrificing her hearing for treatment, she found her way to the spotlight and started living the life she always wanted.
In an age of Botox parties and wrinkle creams, "aging gracefully" keeps getting pushed aside to make way for the latest physical fix. But Laura has realized it has more to do with attitude than upkeep.
Parenting is a full-time job when there's both a Mom and a Dad around. Take away half of the partnership, and it becomes the challenge of a lifetime. But with determination like Bonnie's, happy endings can come out of broken homes.