“I was going to redefine what was possible, I was no longer going to be defined as the burn kid,” Shay Eskew explained. - The story begins on October 4, 1982 when Shay was just eight years old, and his friend Jeff, was 7.

How do you unsee what you've seen? Impossible really. The lasting impact of war on our veterans has a traumatic affect on every aspect of their lives; for the duration of their lives. - Consider that our veterans are waiting months and even years for ...

She is full of energy, sharp, organized; she manages the teams, writes the grants, plans the cleanup, does the research. He is a bit quiet, unless he has something to say... has a steady hand, tactical in nature. He runs and maintains the equipment,

“If you want true joy, you’ve got to stop looking at yourself,” says Luke Mickelson.  - Mickelson knew something was missing in his life. It was time to get off the sofa and figure it out. - Back in 2012,

“If you want true joy, you’ve got to stop looking at yourself,” says Luke Mickelson. - Mickelson knew something was missing in his life. It was time to get off the sofa and figure it out. - Back in 2012, it came to the attention of Mickelson through ...

At the time, it seemed a pretty lofty goal; to climb out of the hospital bed and crawl eight feet to the bathroom. A simple task by most standards, but not when you have life-ending cancer. - Compare that moment to being just eight feet from the summi...

There are far too many cities and towns struggling with homelessness, with no easy answers on how to fix the problem. It is a growing crisis largely being ignored by local municipalities and government as a whole. - As an example,

"What if this woman who was beaten by her boyfriend and put in ICU for 3 days was your mother? Well guess what? She is my mother, her name is Cathy. I watched my mother get beat on and belittled my whole childhood.

The birth of a child is one of life's greatest experiences; the emotional and lasting impact has consequences that will last a lifetime and beyond. - When that birth becomes compromised with a life-threatening birth defect,

"I cannot be called brave and courageous until I do the hardest thing, which is to acknowledge publicly that I am a survivor of sexual human trafficking." - And with that, Norma Bastidas changed everything. - Growing up in the community of Sinaloa,