journey into inspiration
His friend saw swimming as a force to change the world. His friend also believed swimming could be a driving agent of social progress. Then his friend died. Andre Salles-Cunha of QuickSilver Swimming in Florida lost his friend Shawn Delifus, who was only 30 when he died in April, 2016. He said Delifus saw swimming… Continue reading swimming as a force to change the world
A wedding dress and a baby’s funeral – what could they have in common? In the United Kingdom, the dress honors thousands of stillborn children and those who die shortly after birth. Cherished Gowns UK transforms wedding dresses into clothing for babies to wear at their funerals. One woman, Yvonne Trimble, decided to donate… Continue reading a wedding dress and a baby’s funeral
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
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
Have you ever looked back on opportunities and realized that you missed out on something that could have been? Because they left their old life in a small suburb outside of Buffalo, New York, to begin a new one in Ireland, Debra Kelly and her husband can say that has not happened to them. And… Continue reading Finding Their Home
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 never ends. Why is this unusual? Six months earlier, Lake died of leukemia. In October, Anna Bozman married her… Continue reading love never ends
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 receive. His father had died. The call set into motion events that began with sadness at… Continue reading miracle on the beach
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
Sometimes, something wonderful comes from something sad. Going to school, playing with friends, becoming a little more independent, asking for hugs and kisses at home but shunning them in public – that’s what most 10 year old children do. Instead, Jenny Brown lived with pain, debilitating chemotherapy treatments, and the fear that comes with a… Continue reading a childhood of pain led her to help abused animals
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 Disease. Her weight dropped to 90 pounds because she was unable to digest food normally. She found little satisfaction in her job and snapped at… Continue reading Healed Through Journal Writing