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After Annabelle Gurwitch was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer, a volunteer with the same diagnosis encouraged her to stop... -
John Moe was languishing at his job when a woman in HR reminded him of his potential. -
In high school, Susan Greenstein Prescott had a stutter and was embarrassed to speak in front of her class. Then... -
When Lia Eastep was 21, her father had a stroke that left him unsteady on his feet. His physical limitations... -
Rebecca Simonitsch had just learned she might be a candidate for brain surgery. The man seated beside her on the... -
When his wife was battling cancer and ended up in the hospital, Mike Lopes was worried she wouldn't recognize anyone... -
When Pat Gentile began to grow out her hair after chemotherapy, she was nervous to go to work for the... -
As a teenager, Everett Miller went through a rough time and started shoplifting. He recalls how a girl's whispered message...
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A father who was trying to support his daughter with an undiagnosed disorder received praise from a stranger. He said... -
Dan Roche, who was born with a cataract that left him mostly blind in one eye, was on a baseball... -
A daughter tells a story about her father, a taxi driver in Miami, who talked up her ambition to a... -
Olivia Joffrey's teacher organized a Father's Day softball game for students and their dads. But Joffrey's father was sick and...