I’m going to run a marathon (26.2 miles) in a straitjacket and attempt to escape it just before crossing the finish line.

by Carter Lloyd “The ability to do something that frightens one.” That’s how Oxford defines the word courage. Yet, when thinking about...

I recently ended a nearly decade-long adventure of teaching music in public schools. It was the most rewarding and most difficult...

by Jesse Unk Growing up I only ever wanted one thing; a simple life with a beautiful woman to love, and children to raise and spend time...

Fear likes to win, but what I learned that I have not realized is that it is not as strong as it makes itself appear. There is one secret...

Life, the one thing we have in common. Life is beautiful, it’s agonizing, it’s both light and dark, conscious and unconscious...

Almost 28 years ago my husband and I lived through the death of our only biological daughter.

by Morgan Demczak We slid into the seats of the booth and shyly flashed our “I’m just a fun, carefree, happy kind of girl” smiles to our...

It takes a lot to move away from your family. It takes even more to move away from your family when the furthest you had ever lived from...