Category: Inspirational Stories

Growing up in Michigan, Scott Adams rarely met a ski slope he didn’t like, or couldn’t conquer. It’s the challenge of handling the hills that helped him, in his words, “to live life out on the edge.” “My brother and I were at the slopes all the time,” says Scott. “I started at five years … Continue reading “Skis & Scars”

For Tyka Booker this is the way the moment was supposed to happen. She knew God had a plan and this was it. Tyka was the one who was supposed to be there, holding her hand, as her mother took her last breath. Cancer was the culprit, but for Tyka she had reconciled long ago, … Continue reading “One Love”

Back in college there was one thing you’d be hard pressed to do against James Higgins – outshoot him. Today you’d be hard pressed to do something else – outwork him. As his father used to say to him, “you take one day off, you fall two days behind.” His dad never missed a day … Continue reading “Just Understand”

On paper it didn’t seem promising. But that’s because life is a game and until you play it, you can never know the true outcome. Born to two teenage parents, in basic poverty, the start for Hiawatha Street seemed destined for little more than his environment would allow, trouble, and a life without hope. But … Continue reading “Choices”

“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” – Abraham Lincoln The odds are calculated at 67-million-to-one. Those are the odds of hitting two hole-in-ones in the same round on a golf course. But Travis Yoder did it.  April 11th 2010, a day Travis will never forget during a golf tournament … Continue reading “I owe to my Angel Mother”

Three days is nothing. Nothing, except when the future of your family and a piece of your heart hang in the balance. Karla Kay McCombs stood there, peering through the glass, searching for an answer. Only three days which seemed like an eternity. Karla didn’t know which one, she only knew if things went as … Continue reading “The K is for Kindness”

Most times when you read this blog you should get a sense that you are on a journey, as I take you through a life, a struggle, a challenge, or a world-changing gift you are sharing… and usually the ending of the story brings you full circle in this life. Yet today, because of the … Continue reading “The Warrior”

Dana Bailey was just as tough as the boys in her neighborhood, but when it came time to gain membership to one of the clubhouses she just helped build with her buddies – she was the one asked to bring the cookies. Instead of looking at is as a slight – the fact that she … Continue reading “The Best Hand Ever”

What a nice gesture on the morning of Matt’s wedding day. A single red rose with an anonymous note. The message was pure and simple, but it was one which would help two people survive the test of time… especially when thirty years later the river came rushing in. When the water started rising it … Continue reading “Love Runs Through It”

  Do you want to know a secret? For a long time Jim White kept his locked inside, even from those who know him best, not out of shame, just because there seemed to be no reason to share… he had long ago overcome. His life is in a good place of faith and of … Continue reading “A Sense of Peace”