Inspiration

As a young girl growing up in Detroit, Jackie Bobcean watched as her alcoholic, police officer father unleash his fury on her mother and younger brother almost daily. “More than a dozen times, I recall hiding my brother in the closet and trying to stop my dad from choking my mom,” says the now-50-year-old former […] More

Jessie Russell, a 26-year-old from West Bridgewater, Mass., had been dealing with the effects of lupus since her junior year of high school. While sunlight during the spring months is welcome by many, especially in usually cold environments, but for people with lupus, that’s another story. Sunlight can worsen symptoms in people with lupus, but Russell […] More

After spending 22 years apart, Carrie Leach and her birth mother Kelly Gallant were recently reunited, thanks to the help of Facebook.  Even through all of the obstacles she faced, a determined Carrie never gave up hope that she would one day meet her birth mother. “I would say so many times I wanted to […] More

Waiting tables isn’t the most glamorous job out there, but it isn’t so bad if you have kind customers – just ask Melissa Mainier! The Harrisburg, PA native, a current nurse at Pinnacle Health’s General Osteopathic Hospital, used to serve patrons at her old job as a waitress at Peachtree Restaurant and Lounge when a generous customer […] More

Max Vertin is your typical 8-year-old – he likes pizza, collecting bugs and watching baseball. There’s just one thing that’s different about him than the average person: Max has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a rare disease that eats away at the muscles. Unfortunately, the disease runs in his family, as his brothers Charlie and Rowen also have it. […] More

Acts of kindness are truly a dime a dozen these days, but if you look hard enough, there are still people out there who thrive on helping out others for no benefit whatsoever. This video follows a Good Samaritan man who encounters a variety of different circumstances to which he reacts positively to. He sees […] More

Moving is considered one of the top three most stressful experiences a person can have (the other two are divorce and death, so most would take moving over these any day, but still).  Packing everything, making all the arrangements, the expenses, moving day, and unpacking can seem an insurmountable task and strike fear in the […] More

You may not have heard his name prior to today, but Edmund Thomas Clint is a legend. The Indian child prodigy from Kochi, Kerela was wickedly talented, creating more than 25,000 pictures in roughly 2,522 days. Sadly, the boy only lived to be seven years old before passing away due to kidney failure. But what […] More

Cancer is a scary word – not only for those who hear it, but for their loved ones as well. Getting diagnosed isn’t the easiest information to swallow or stomach, but it definitely helps to know you have a lot of support coming from the ones that mean most to you. Dana Burchfield can surely […] More