Alone in a Crowd I was sitting alone in a crowded auditorium while fellow church members gathered for a service. An energetic, female usherette walked briskly down the aisle as she seated people. Eager to reconnect after being out of church for several weeks, I glanced down the aisle as she walked toward me. She [...]
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Courage is a Step Away
Life Brings Unexpected Turns A slight young woman stood in front of me with her blond-streaked hair swaying back and forth as she talked. She was energy in motion. Her hope-filled eyes drew my full attention as she related her story. She was working for the weekend as a referee at the World Championship Bunco [...]
How to Deal With a Double Whammy
I was moved to tears last night while watching the DVD Freedom Writers. OK, I confess, I cried all the way through it. Erin Gruwell, landed her first teaching assignment in a racially-torn high school riveted with drugs and violence. While this could have been a worn-out movie script, there was a freshness to the [...]
Hope on the Other Side of the Mountain
Welcome Home You have found your way home at the National Breast Cancer Foundation. We care about you and have designed a Web site to give you information, friendship, and hope. Yes, my friend, you are home. Home to you was something comfortable and safe. Now you have a mountain in your life and don’t [...]