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Two cancers, one lung and EVEREST!!

Only .0000003 percent of the population has been able to summit Mount Everest. Sean did it after two life-threatening bouts with cancer, laying in a medically-induced coma for a year and with just one fully-functioning lung. Now, he wants to take on even greater challenges. Sean was diagnosed with two completely different types of cancer, once at the age of 13 and again at the age of 16 w... MORE
Values: OVERCOMING

Overcoming ADHD

First grade for most parents is where they spend maybe 10 minutes at the most spending time with their child teaching them how to read and helping with homework. My parents had to spend 3-4 hours with me. I had a difficult time paying attention and it was hard to think that I needed to get things done. Later on when my parents took me to a therapist it was quickly discovered that I had ADHD an... MORE
Values: OVERCOMING

Believe

Believe... Believe... Believe. That is the one word that I told myself everyday. If I could do this, lose the weight on my own, it would be the biggest accomplishment of my life. You see, my story is worth reading because I did the impossible... or I thought it was impossible. I was over 130lbs overweight, 45 years old and in poor health. I became a type two Diabetic due to my poor eating habi... MORE
Values: OVERCOMING

Yes We Can

I am Amadu Lamrana Bah, from Sierra Leone, and am 20 years old. I suffered a lot during the civil war in my country Sierra Leone. My father was killed and my elder sister was abducted and later died in the hands of the rebels. I was left with my mother and my younger brother who is not attending school because my mother cannot afford to pay for both of us. Fortunately for me I've completed th... MORE
Values: OVERCOMING

The Power of Love

Raising my youngest daughter as a single parent, particularly through her teenage years, was the hardest thing I had ever done in my life. She struggles with depression, anger, low self-esteem, resentment, and a general feeling of being unloved. Not denying that there may be other factors involved, I am convinced that my inept parenting had a significant role to play in the emotional challeng... MORE
Values: OVERCOMING

Never Say Never

The year was 1970, and I was a sophomore at UMKC studying my favorite subject, history. My friend and I would sit in the dorm until the wee hours of the morning, talking about the unorthodox delivery of Dr. D, our English Literature instructor. His lectures were wild and wonderful. His gyrations and ad lib remarks along with his sparse chin whiskers gave every student who walked into his lab... MORE
Values: OVERCOMING

Flickers of Hope

The past year has been what I can only describe as horrible. I was the victim of a crime and so many emotions erupted inside me I didn’t know who I was any more. To make matters worse it had happened on Valentines Day. I can remember thinking to myself, “the one day of the year where people go out of their way to share their love towards one another and look what happened to me.R... MORE
Values: OVERCOMING

The Shortest Flight

I was flying home after attending my best friend's funeral. It had happened suddenly. She was there one minute and gone the next. The trip home had been a busy one. There was the funeral itself and her apartment had to be gone through, her things sorted: things for family, things for friends, things to donate. Secrets to keep, secrets to share—the whole of a life, even a fairly young one,... MORE
Values: OVERCOMING

I'm going to strive...

Christmas break had just arrived promising two weeks off. My intention for these two weeks was to clear my head of some problems I faced. I spent time with my family having as cheeriest of a time as possible. Anyways, there are too many times a day I’m left alone with my mind so I search for things to keep me busy. I decided to check my mail and read The Foundation for a Better Life’s daily ... MORE
Values: OVERCOMING

True Friend

There is a boy I know who used to always get picked on. He was insulted, he was pushed around, and he was taunted by bullies. One day, he decided he couldn’t take it anymore, and he wasn’t scared. When the bullies came to pick on him, he wanted to stand up for himself. Then, one of the bullies was about to throw a big punch right into his face, and that’s when he suddenly fel... MORE
Values: OVERCOMING

Why Do I Stutter?

I stutter. When I was younger, I didn't know what it was and I was often ashamed of it. I even was home-schooled because of it. I had no friends and thought no one liked me ‘cause I was different. Well, 2 years ago I started speech therapy and began to realize that I wasn't alone. There are a lot of people who stutter in the world and that made me feel better. But, I was still unhappy,... MORE
Values: OVERCOMING

Little Miss Mary

A family friend sent me an email one day about this little girl, Little Miss Mary. The letter said that she was on the list for a lung transplant and requested help from the e-mail’s recipients. The email was sent to many people who, when they read it, took action. Mary and her family received cards, toys, and prayers from strangers who had been touched by the email message. Slowly, she... MORE
Values: OVERCOMING

Food In The World of Unemployment

Nearly a year ago now, I had been unemployed for three months. No income, no food! A mother and her 11 year old daughter. My landlady decided to make a commitment to us. She said, "I will not let you go without until you are settled again"! I did not know this woman personally and she had no reason to help us, but she believed everyone is a child of God and so in her own time and at her... MORE
Values: OVERCOMING

Say the Words You Know are True

I was a drunk for 17 years of my life. I was crying at a party once about how no one loves me and I always feel alone (I was drunk of course). A friend of mine leaned over and, despite the fact that I was in tears, told me, "A lot of people care about you Stephanie...you are just too drunk to see them." I didn't get sober for many years after that, but I always remembered those words... MORE
Values: OVERCOMING

Dialysis Does Not Have To Be the End

Twenty years ago I was treated with an antibiotic that damaged my kidneys. Within a couple of years of the antibiotics it was necessary for me to have dialysis treatments. After a couple of years my husband and I were trained to do the hemodialysis treatments and were able to perform them every other night at home. I was put on a waiting list for a transplant. I was called a few years later to... MORE
Values: OVERCOMING