Akilah Acka was “super shocked” when she got the lead role in CedarBridge Academy’s Annie.
Her friends were also surprised. According to the 16-year-old, she’s usually a “church mouse” in class but d...
Doctors urged Sonya Smith to pull the plug after her son, Tony Grant, was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident; Arissa Wilson didn’t speak in full sentences before she was five. Both benefited f...
Eugene Outerbridge Jr didn’t intend to become a paediatrician.
He always thought he’d end up working on his father’s lily farm. But then, halfway through his botany studies at university, the business...
Diana Fearis and Cindy Law have been best friends for years.
They met in school at the age of five. Ms Law admired Ms Fearis’s ringlets; Ms Fearis liked Ms Law’s big family.
“We’d have sleepovers toge...
Winton Brangman has the special ability of being able to smile through any number of flubbed notes and botched lyrics.
Jelani Veney will fill in for missing actors at the last minute and suffers throu...
Rowan Vickers was feeling out of place as he prepared for his first professional acting role. He was neither Jewish, nor American, but had been cast in Bad Jews, a play about a Jewish family in Americ...
Piero Casalicchio was a busy textile designer who often went hungry. He didn’t know how to cook and by the time he got home after a long day’s work, most restaurants in Como, Italy, were closed.
The I...
Kym Whitley has a lot to be thankful for. Four years ago she thought she was being pranked when she got a call saying her baby was waiting to be picked up from the hospital.
She was 50. She hadn't giv...
Shoeboxes aren’t just for storing shoes, they are also a great way to show love and gratitude.
So believes Erlor Dean. She is stuffing shoeboxes with small gifts and handing them out to senior citizen...
For many people, making a sandwich is a chore, but for Craig Dickens it’s an adventure.
Mental challenges made it necessary for the 51-year-old to live with his mother for most of his life. A year ag...
