The auditorium filled with applause so thunderous that Wanda Alexander couldn’t even hear her name as it was called. Her friend nudged her, and when she looked ...
After knocking on three different doors and having three successful experiences, eleven-year-old Ian Altman was feeling elated. His baseball team had given each...
Driving his youngest son to college with his older son in the car, Joe Appelbaum looked at the open road outside the car window and spoke to his boys about oppo...
In the quiet of early morning, as the summer sun inched its way above the horizon, Alex Armour and his grandfather prepared for another day of hard work. As the...
Today, Alex Bartholomaus believes that, if a high level executive in sales or leadership re-thinks their career in terms of what type of distance race they’re r...
For many, the idea of being an outsider carries negative connotation, implying rejection and loneliness. For David Belden, however, it’s sacred. James Dean, a c...
Growing up in the blue-collar town of Altoona in central Pennsylvania, Kathy Benson’s family didn’t have a lot of money, so she learned early on how to make a l...
“Somewhere between your mind and your heart lies who you are, and that’s what I want to know about,” Paul Boudrye says boldly.
In a culture that often settle...
Growing up, Khari Brown’s goal was to play professional basketball, so when he was cut from the high school team as a freshman, he was devastated. But the impor...
Almost every evening at dinner, Paula Calimafde’s father would turn their dining room into a courtroom. A renowned litigator, he would “present” the case he was...
One Sunday after church, nine-year-old Matt Curry looked up at his mother and told her he was going to be fine. An active, interested boy with a strong inner co...
Like most young boys, Robert Dickman grew up with the dream of becoming a professional athlete. Going to baseball games at the old Forbes Field with his dad, it...
Cameron Doolittle can still remember being in first grade, when his father lost his job in construction. He was too young to understand how money worked, but he...
By the time Herbert Ezrin started his eighth grade year at Jefferson Junior High School in Southwest Washington, D.C., his will to succeed in school had been de...
Growing up in Clear Lake, a small town in Iowa, Jon Frederickson spent most free afternoons and weekends working in his father’s blacksmith shop. Effectively an...
