Pat Summitt’s Courage
August 24, 2011 by Deborah Calla
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The winningest college basketball coach in history announces she’s suffering from early onset Alzheimer’s.
Love Kitchen
August 13, 2011 by Deborah Calla
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How Storytelling Saved My Life
August 7, 2011 by Deborah Calla
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Sharing our stories allow us to understand and have compassion for ourselves. It also shows others that none of us are perfect or have perfect lives. By honestly sharing we create a human community.
By Edward Grinnan, Special to CNN
One spring day 25 years ago, I found myself perched on the 21st floor windowsill of a Denmark hotel room, holding what I thought would be my last alcoholic drink. I planned to give it up in a big way.
For all these years, I never told that story publicly, despite being the editor-in-chief of Guideposts, an interfaith magazine in which ordinary people tell their own stories of hope. My job is to persuade and help people tell those stories.
I’ve long known that such stories are our best medium for forging connections with our fellow human beings. They help span the breach of solipsism to unify the human experience…continued
From Catastrophe To Blessing
July 26, 2011 by Deborah Calla
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Whenever something really bad happens to us, we ask ourselves, “Maybe things happen for a reason?” That seems to be the first thing we want to believe, hoping there is something good to come of a bad situation. Rarely do we say to ourselves, “We’ve been blessed.”…Continued
Believing In Miracles
July 25, 2011 by Deborah Calla
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A homeless man sees his music become a hit on ITunes.
Selfless Act Lives On
July 25, 2011 by Deborah Calla
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For her 9th birthday last month, Rachel Beckwith told people that instead of giving her presents, they should donate to a charity providing clean water to families in developing nations.
Bride-to-be Looks Beyond Life-Changing Accident
July 20, 2011 by Deborah Calla
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(CNN) — Fourteen months after she was left paralyzed by a pool mishap at her bachelorette party, Rachelle Friedman is having the wedding of her dreams Friday — and then some.
Joining Friedman and fiance Chris Chapman will be between 100 and 120 family members and their closest friends, witnesses to the couple’s can-do spirit.
“It just feels like a love story to people,” said Rachelle’s mother, Carol. “They are really great together.”…Continued
An Amputee Wrestling Champion Shares His Passion and Knowledge With Others
May 30, 2011 by Deborah Calla
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With ingenuity and passion we can achieve anything we set our hearts to.
NBC’s Bob Dotson profiles Nick Ackerman, who became a college wrestling champ despite being an amputee – and who now crafts prosthetic legs for a new generation.
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Baseball Player Goes Back To Pitching After Losing An Eye
May 19, 2011 by Deborah Calla
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The comeback story of the one-eyed pitcher is the buzz of baseball dugouts in the Mississippi River Valley, passed down the bench like a bag of sunflower seeds.
No one would have called Jordan Underwood a quitter if he had never walked onto a pitcher’s mound again. But two years after a line drive smashed his cheekbone and destroyed his left eye, Underwood is back up on the hill, starting games. And winning…Continued
Grandmother Helping Chicago Kids Off The Block
April 9, 2011 by Deborah Calla
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Caring about others have the power to change lives especially our own.
