journey into inspiration
God’s peace was the reason she persevered in finding a way to be of use to others again. She was crushed in a head-on car accident when she was in her mid- 50s. Two years later her life changed even more when the tragedy led her to a new life. God’s peace helped her find… Continue reading tragedy led to new life
Even though seizures temporarily take away his memory, and she is the last thing he remembers, she defines what love is. Tracey and Lolita Repp have shared a 28-year love story as husband and wife. He has been a police officer and FBI agent, As a teacher, he was runner-up for Kansas teacher of… Continue reading she defines what love is
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
Inspiring others through pain, she lives life to the fullest. For 12 years, a young British woman has had to live with an incurable condition that showed up after a mosquito bit her when she was 13. Now 25, she is telling her story to inspire others. Angharad Williams of Newport, South Wales, has lymphoedema, an incurable… Continue reading inspiring others through pain
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
**Marie submitted her story as part of our Overcoming Adversity Contest.** by Marie Preston, Monroe, Georgia Confronting the horrific death of her 12-year-old brother, she is finding healing and joy. May 5, 1971 … spring quarter at the University of Georgia on a Wednesday … about 7 p.m. to be exact. As a 20-year-old sophomore,… Continue reading finding healing and joy
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
The dangerous beast. That’s what the boy called the young man. In his imagination, he went into the jungle and stood up to the dangerous beast. And he always won. Born in El Salvador, Marco Flores was a toddler when his father abandoned his family. When he was three, his mother left him in the… Continue reading the dangerous beast
When most people think of a Christmas miracle, they think of angels and a baby born in a manger. Each December, one grateful mother thinks of the miracle sixteen years ago that changed the life of her infant son. Three months earlier, Cindy Hval’s son had been born with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia. A CDH… Continue reading Christmas miracle
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 died? One 12-year-old boy from Suffolk County, England, began helping others after this happened to him. He began his own animal hospital for… Continue reading Helping Creatures Great and Small
They call it the Red Devil. It is red in color and highly toxic. This is Wendy Ann Mitchell’s story of enduring the Red Devil, a grueling treatment for a rare and aggressive type of cancer called Metaplastic Carcinoma; only one percent of women are diagnosed with this type of cancer. Her cancer is also… Continue reading Enduring the Red Devil