Recovering a stolen childhood
War seems so clear-cut in our history books. We’re given an exact start date and an exact end date and told that everything that matters happened in between. There may be a chapter or two dedicated to the causes that led up to the war, but we rarely get more than a...
World AIDS Day 2016: Providing homes for orphans
Today is World AIDS Day, a day we unite to stand with those affected by this global pandemic. Although the HIV virus was unheard of until a few decades ago, more than 34 million people worldwide now suffer from it. The majority of those who are HIV-positive live in...
Matching gift opportunity: Change twice as many lives!
When Juliette was a young girl in Uganda, only a few children in her village could afford to go to school … she wasn’t one of them. Her family had suffered under the weight of poverty for generations, and without an education, she saw no hope of escaping this cycle....
The peace I took for granted
I can still remember the dread that shot through my 5-year-old frame the day I was taken to the doctor’s office to get my first memorable round of vaccinations. This requirement to enter kindergarten was a torturous practice, as far as I was concerned. First, I had to...
Every day, I try to live my life in such a way that I accomplish at least one thing that will outlive me and last for eternity.