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When Malisa Butterfield took on a teenage foster daughter, she was quick to lay down the rules. “This is an honour roll house,” Ms Butterfield said. “My three older children were all honour roll students, and you will be one also.” The teenager rolle...

Romance novelist Brenda Jackson ran into constant heartache in her first efforts to find a publisher. The problem wasn’t that her stories weren’t good, it was that the people in them were black. She was rejected 28 times before Kensington Publishing ...

Rubber is agony to sew. Margaret Dunne, learned that the hard way when she used it for her designs in the Bermuda High School’s Eco Runway competition. The annual event challenges students to make and model high fashion from trash. “The hard part of...

Mothers with post-partum depression, you are not alone. That’s the message behind Beyond Blue, a new support group organised by family charity MAMA. “No one talks about post-partum depression,” said group co-founder Angela Hovi, who herself experienc...

A couple hit hard by cancer are giving back to the community that helped them through their illnesses. Jenna Martin, 41, spent eight months battling ovarian cancer. Her 36-year-old husband John was diagnosed with a brain tumour only two days after...

If there is one thing Fajr Bashir knows, it’s how to get people moving. The 29-year-old is a fitness instructor and an aspiring singer. “With fitness training you have to know how to motivate people to feel enthusiastic and keep moving,” she said. “...

Just getting to the audition can often be the hardest part about acting in Los Angeles. It’s one of the first lessons Graham Outerbridge learned when he moved to California four years ago. “It always seems to hit when you have somewhere to be,” said ...

Being a mother isn’t always easy. If you have a special-needs child, it can be downright difficult. Lifestyle spoke with moms about the highs and lows of parenting children with unique challenges. It’s rare for Jenny Purvey to get a hug from her s...

Globetrotting once seemed an unlikely reality for Zachary Kawaley-Lathan. The 18-year-old battled epileptic seizures throughout his childhood and had to be treated overseas. Long-distance travelling didn’t seem to be among his options then, but he’ll...

If you’re reading this, you probably have a teacher to thank. When I was five years old I dreaded the arrival of the reading teacher, Lorna Andersen. Since I’d started school a few months late, I needed extra help. Mrs Andersen terrified me, as she b...