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Erasing the Stigma of Mental Illness
Artist Emily Calvo provided this interpretation of Mary Ruth Coffey’s story “The Dinner Party.” Photo/DailyHeraldCan art erase the stigma of mental illness?Many people who suffer from mental illness...
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Animal BFFs Help Special Needs Kids
photo/en.wikipedia.orgOffering unconditional love, animal BFFs help special needs kids.Their needs are many. Some have sensory issues. Others have trouble in social situations. Whatever their need,...
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Despite Pain Love Finds a Way
Photo: Animal Emergency Hospital and Urgent CareDespite pain love finds a way in North Carolina.On a cold day in January in 2014, a house burned down. In that house was Russell the cat, presumed dead....
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Singles Ad Leads to Enduring Love
Photo/UnsplashSingles Ad Leads to Enduring Love? At least that’s what hopeful lovers expected.Decades before Internet dating sites, speed dating and dating apps became the norm for people to meet...
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Fifth Graders Stood Up to Bully
photo/lifeofpixHe wasn’t like the other kids. He had a learning disability. He was from another country. Perhaps those are the reasons he was bullied. He didn’t know why. He just wanted the bullying to...
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Library Checks Out Kittens
Your library card has a new feature.A library in Las Cruces, New Mexico, doesn’t have a single book, but those who frequent it say it’s full of potential love stories.This library checks out...
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Living His Dream
Photo/Thong Vo/UnsplashDo you have a dream, something that you have thought about doing for years? Do you talk about accomplishing the dream – all of the things you would do when you start living your...
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Finding Redemption in Learning
Photo/Marina Shemesh, publicdomainpictures.netIn prison, he found redemption in the very things that he scorned as a teenager – books and learning.When he was in elementary school and middle school,...
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Changed by Trauma
The resiliency of the human spirit…Can it be deeper than we think?image/pinterest.comCan a person be changed by trauma in a positive way? Luke Fleer proved just that after a gruesome auto accident...
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Words of Passion in a Bottle
Photo/TimesofMalta.com“Water is life, just as you are life to me.”They are words of passion, but they were not relayed in a way one would expect, over candlelight at a romantic restaurant. Instead,...
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Love Letters
photo/thanunkorn/freedigitalphotos.netLove letters. We love to get them. They make us feel special. Many times we tuck them away in a special place to savor them again, enjoying the way they make us...
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He is Called a Butterfly Boy
He’s as fragile as a butterfly’s wings. (Photo/plixs.com)He is called a Butterfly Boy. Imagine you are about to meet him.He walks into a room. You stare at him. You look away. You look again. Questions...
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School Dropout Now Inspiring Teacher
The story is a familiar one. A high school student is disillusioned, has no ambition, and does not believe she can make anything of herself. She drops out of high school, marries and has children. To...
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Healed Through Journal Writing
Is there a connection between psychological events and recurring health problems? Can you be healed through journal writing?The answer to both questions is yes.Jenny Patton suffered from Crohn’s...
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Something Wonderful, Something Sad
Chickens were the first animals at the sanctuary.Sometimes, something wonderful comes from something sad. Going to school, playing with friends, becoming a little more independent, asking for hugs and...
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Enduring the Red Devil
They call it the Red Devil. It is red in color and highly toxic. Photography by BJWOK/FreeDigitalPhotos.net This is Wendy Ann Mitchell’s story of enduring the Red Devil, a grueling treatment for a rare...
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Miracle on the Beach
A prized family possession, a stranger and a miracle on the beach that renewed one man’s faith in the decency of mankind. Tim Butcher, a Briton living in Cape Town, received the call no one wants to...
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Love Never Ends
Anna Bozman Thompson loves her children. In an unusual turn of events, she discovered that one of her children, Lake, has a deep love for her and the rest of his family. In fact, his love seems to...
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Finding Their Home
Have you ever looked back on opportunities and realized that you missed out on something that could have been? Ireland Because they left their old life in a small suburb outside of Buffalo, New York,...
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Helping Creatures Great and Small
Car collisions with motorcycles happen all the time.That doesn’t, however, make things easier for those involved in them. How would you handle the aftermath of a car collision in which a motorcyclist...
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