Inspiring Stories

When Sibongile Sambo was a little girl she would stop and watch the airplanes fly overhead as she played in the streets of her hometown, Bushbuckridge, South Africa. She dreamt that someday, she would fly too. She decided to pursue a career in aviation. However, after being rejected by multiple airlines for not measuring up,

Life is hectic and it isn’t often that we get a chance to just put up our feet, sit back, and relax. So, it’s not uncommon for people to doze off for a moment or two in the barber chair. What is uncommon is for that doze to last THREE HOURS. After his client fell

Shirley Peasley is the woman who believed her sister would never forgive her, after a simple prom night went shockingly wrong. Way back in the 1950s, Shirley Peasley’s younger sister Kay was getting ready for the night of her life. She had scored a date with her high school’s heartthrob, Harold, and he was taking

When couples get divorced, most exes shut the door, lock it, and throw away the key. It’s not just the end of a chapter, it’s the end of the whole dang book. But for Megan Tai’s parents, divorce, as it turns out, wasn’t the end of their story. Nearly THREE DECADES later, her dad walked

Like many restaurants, Mama Kwan’s Grill and Tiki Bar in Outer Banks, North Carolina, is used to getting calls for take-out. However, when owner Kevin Cherry received a long-distance call from Mary Simmons in late February, it wasn’t for your typical to-go order. Simmons was desperately trying to make her best friend’s dying wish come

In a viral video exemplifying true generosity, an older woman pushes a cart down a street. Inside the cart sits her small dog. A man approaches her. We can’t see him in the video, though. The camera focuses on the woman in the blue-striped shirt, pushing her dog along and carrying a stick in her

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) continues to be a misunderstood neurodevelopmental disease, and people who have it present in many different ways. As a result, there are many prejudices and mistakes that people can make in association with it, particularly when it comes to young girls. That’s why this story of an eight-year-old girl named Ana

Ditch the distractions and dive into a tech-free sanctuary unlike any other. Welcome to The Offline Club, founded by Amsterdam native, Ilya Kneppelhout. Here, smartphones are checked at the entrance. Phone buzzing is replaced by the soothing sounds of chatter and the aroma of freshly brewed coffee. Picture yourself sipping your favorite brew, engaging in

*Featured image contains photo by Timur Weber and Pixabay “Did anybody see that?!” The man shouts, left stunned and confused, yet no one steps to help him. Little does he know, it sets off a series of events that change his life forever. A Random Metro Meet Photo by Ron Lach We often hear about

When Jaclyn Fieberg and her husband Greg Fieberg tied the knot in 2018, they eagerly anticipated starting a family. Fieberg, an elementary school teacher, and Greg, a firefighter and sergeant in the Air National Guard, dreamed of the warmth and laughter of children filling their home after long days at work. However, their hopes were