journey into inspiration
Ten years ago, a mother from Maryland didn’t know much about relationship abuse. Then her daughter died. Sharon Love “didn’t know relationship abuse could be so insidious, difficult to recognize or that it could happen” to her daughter, Yeardley Love, according to the Baltimore Sun. She has learned, however, that after abuse and death, love… Continue reading after abuse and death, love can grow
A Greek man has singlehandedly saved about 500 dogs who were abandoned on the streets and in dumps on the Greek Island Crete. He gave up his career to care for these animals because he knows every dog needs a home. Takis Proestakis traces the abandonment of many of the dogs to the financial crisis… Continue reading he knows every dog needs a home
She survived horrors that most people could never imagine. Her true story of abduction, captivity and survival tells the frightening events and the one thing that kept her going – hope. By Elena Nikitina Abduction “The fear settled inside me… It was excruciating… It was rapidly destroying me.” Imagine you are walking home alone one… Continue reading A True Story of Abduction, Captivity, Survival, and Hope
As a girl, she stole fruit so that she could eat. Homelessness and abuse plagued her childhood. She witnessed a murder that traumatized her. Yet…she persisted despite the odds. Now 51, Lorraine Younger is a prominent insurance adviser in Kingston, Jamaica. She is a “top Executive Club insurance agent at Sagicor Life Jamaica, qualifier for… Continue reading she persisted despite the odds
For one police officer in Connecticut, childhood instability led to serving others. The first 15 years of her life have fueled the last 15 years, giving her strength and courage in her job as a police officer for the Hartford police department. “God picked me because he knew I could handle it,” 36-year-old Noelia Stoor… Continue reading childhood instability led to serving others
They are young. They are in love. They think they will be together forever. Statistics tell a different story. Dating violence for high school students is very real. According to the National Institute of Justice, the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, a nationally representative annual survey of youth in grades 9 to 12, found evidence of… Continue reading together forever
Tasha submitted her story as part of our Overcoming Adversity Contest by Tasha Roza, Tracy, California It started when she was 7. That’s when her life took a dark turn. It started when I was 7 years old. My parents split up, and I moved with my mother and her new boyfriend. Soon after… Continue reading it started when she was 7
By Sharen McArthur, editor Breaking the silence was something he could not do when he was a child. He could not tell anyone – not his parents, his brothers, his sister. He suffered in silence. In 2013 he decided it was time to tell his story of the sexual abuse that he had endured as… Continue reading Breaking the silence