Love by Choice
The day I was born was the same day my mother died.I never got to see her face, never got to hear her voice. My...


















The day I was born was the same day my mother died.I never got to see her face, never got to hear her voice. My...
In 2007, deep within Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo — home to some of the last mountain gorillas on Earth —...
In the old streets of Damascus in 1899, there lived two orphans who shared a small, humble room near a bustling café. One of them...
Hedy Lamarr. In 1933 a young Austrian woman undressed for a movie camera.She ran naked through a forest.She swam naked in a lake.The world was...
Today, when I went to pick up my daughter from daycare, her teacher called me aside and said she wanted to talk to me. “Shefali,...
Today, I was sitting in the hospital waiting room when a young woman came in carrying her baby. The little one was fast asleep in...
The man in the picture may appear simple and humble, but his life story is truly remarkable. His name is Dr. Hussein Abdul Sattar, a...
Yesterday marked one year since my beloved daughter, Robin, passed away. It was the worst day of my life, a day that changed me forever....
I was driving to the post office one afternoon when something caught my eye—a small table set up on the sidewalk in front of a...
This man, Dr. James Sebesta, was at the concert in Las Vegas during the tragic shooting. He is not only a skilled surgeon but, more...
I’ll never forget the day my mom called me, her voice trembling with fear.“Janna,” she said, “you’ve got to convince your daddy to get rid...
“She’s our middle child of seven,” said Stacy Guidas from Panama City Beach, Florida.“Ava has an old soul. With her red hair and freckles, she...
On April 12, a man named Kyle Semrau, a father of two from Eliot, Maine, came home after working an overnight shift. He was feeling...