Amanda McCowen and Angela Maples transformed a tense co-parenting relationship into a powerful expression of compassion. After Angela’s kidneys failed and she endured years of exhausting dialysis, Amanda, the ex-wife of Angela’s husband, volunteered to donate a kidney and turned out to be a perfect match. The transplant surgery gave Angela a new lease on life and gave both women a new beginning as friends and co-parents who now share daily connection and mutual care. Their story is a joyful testament to forgiveness. Proof that even the hardest pasts can be healed, and that love and life can triumph through compassion.
Stories of Joy 