The Moth

Being A War Correspondent And A Mum Is A Strange Double Life

"That Sunday I was supposed to be hosting my son's seventh birthday party... I really didn’t want to die in that muddy field in Helmand."
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I'm A Black Woman Who Gave End Of Life Care To A Ku Klux Klansman. This Is What It Taught Me

"I notice that on the coat tree there’s this beautiful robe. Kind of like a church robe except it’s white, and it has a round circle with a white cross on it and a hood."
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I Found Love With An Old Friend I Hadn't Seen In 60 Years

For a collaboration between HuffPost UK and The Moth, author Cynthia Riggs tells her story of falling for an old friend through cryptic letters.
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I Won $2Million At A Poker Tournament No One Thought I Deserved To Be At

The knock on me was that I was only there because I was a woman – that while I was good, I wasn’t actually one of the best players in the world.
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The First Time I Returned To My Hometown After Transition

For a collaboration between HuffPost UK and The Moth, Kimberly Reed tells her story of returning to her Montana hometown for her father's funeral, and reuniting with her brother and old friends.
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I'm An ER Doctor. This Is What It's Like To Tell People Their Loved Ones Have Died.

When you train to become a doctor, they don’t really teach you about death. They teach you how to prevent it, how to fight it, how to say it, but not how to face it.
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What I Learned About Courage When I Was Told My Baby Wouldn't Live Past A Year

Edwards' syndrome meant writer Lynn Ferguson's son faced low odds of survival. For a collaboration between HuffPost UK Personal and The Moth, she tells her story of what rejecting a termination taught her about courage.
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After Falling For A Man Outside The Jehovah's Witnesses, I'm Learning To Balance Love And Faith

One woman's story of secret love, being 'disfellowed' from her faith, and the way back, as part of a collaboration between The Moth and HuffPost UK
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My Mother's Death Taught Me The Civil Rights Movement Was Truly A Fight For Life And Death

Activist Barbara Collins Bowie retells how her mother's discriminatory treatment at a Mississippi hospital sparked a life in the civil rights movement
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I Thought If I Could Be A Mother Of Triplets, I Could Ski To The North Pole – I Was Right

Explorer Ann Daniels shares her ascent from applying for an Arctic expedition as an amateur to becoming one of the first women to ski to the North Pole
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