Inspirational stories to lift your spirit.
A 10-year-old Olmsted Falls student won the female division of the Olmsted Spirit 5K Race on Sunday, May 29th – easily beating 20- to 40-year-old women in the prime of their running careers. Layla Ball finished with a 5K time of 22:07 – good enough for first place in the female division and 16th […]
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Maria’s Field of Hope was first planted by the Prayers from Maria Foundation in Avon, Ohio in 2013, to draw attention to the lack of funding for childhood cancer. The field was inspired by the memory and spirit of Maria McNamara, who died at age seven on July 14, 2007 from a glioma
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The nursing staff at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital are hoping for an invasion of cute, cuddly monkeys – just in time for Christmas! That’s because I’m trying to provide each child patient who is spending their Christmas at Rainbow a free monkey to brighten their stay. Unfortunately, I may not have enough monkeys
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The nursing staff at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital will soon be bracing themselves for an invasion of cute, cuddly mocha monkeys – just in time for Christmas! That’s because I’ve decided to provide each child patient who is spending their Christmas at Rainbow a free monkey to brighten their stay. My first visit
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Rome may not have been built in a day – but savant Steven Wiltshire drew a 33 foot panorama of the city in just two days! Wiltshire is not part man, part machine like Steve Austin from the 1970s series: The Six Million Dollar Man. He accomplished this feat (and many more) with his natural,
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Ahh – out of the mouths of babes! Regina Brett – Cleveland Plain Dealer Reporter shares some life lessons from an almost two-year-old that will surely make you smile. Hey, I’m just a middle-aged guy and I really enjoyed this column. So take a minute away from your daily grind and read what the
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Here’s an inspiring excerpt I read from God Never Blinks: 50 Lessons for Life’s Little Detours by Regina Brett. Graduates: Go after your own grail with gusto The parents are starting to panic. As college seniors prepare to graduate, their loved ones call and write me for advice: My daughter, my son, is graduating
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My sister shared this poem she received in an e-mail. It touched me enough to want to share it with you. This story was written by Melinda Clements and is at: http://bit.ly/ww1iel Grandma, some ninety plus years, sat feebly on the patio bench. She didn’t move, just sat with her head down staring at
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