Inspiring Stories

When Carl Wallace, the owner of Diablo’s Southwest Grill in Augusta, Georgia, saw that the glass on the front door of his restaurant was shattered, his initial reaction was anger. Scene of the Crime At 4 a.m. that morning, someone had broken into the restaurant and stolen the cash register. Unbeknownst to the thief, however,

*Featured image contains photo by Kampus Production and Liza Summer She is jolted by a hand grabbing her arm, as she turns around. What happens next is so vile and revolting, that nothing will ever be the same. A Bridal Shower Photo by Ajeet Singh We all know the common in-law tropes. They’re the involuntary

In a heartwarming tale of love, separation, and the unyielding power of hope, a mother and son were miraculously reunited after an astonishing 48 years apart. Thuy-Nga Thi Nibblett, a young Vietnamese woman, found herself pregnant at the age of 17, the result of a relationship with an American soldier. Facing societal judgments, her father

In the bustling depths of a New York subway, where conversations are often a hum of anonymity, an unexpected tutoring session unfolded, defying the usual boundaries of race and economics. Denise Wilson, a New Yorker on her way home, became an unwitting witness to this heartwarming exchange on the Q train to Brooklyn. What One

As a parent, there’s nothing you want more than to see your children happy and smiling. You want to give them the world — even if you’re not in a financial position to do so. This is just one example of the ancient philosophy of “hoi sum” — the Cantonese word for “open heart.” “Hoi

Nothing makes you feels like you’re wearing a badge that says “bad parent” quite like watching the child you’ve raised have a meltdown in public. If you have kids you know the feeling. No matter how hard you try, when the usual parenting tricks aren’t working, it’s hard to keep calm and carry on —

Job interviews are stressful enough on their own. But imagine you’re on your way to one when all of a sudden police sirens start going off behind you. Your motivation would probably dwindle pretty fast. That was the situation a 22-year-old man named Ka’Shawn Baldwin found himself in back in 2019 when he was on

They say it takes a village to raise children. But sometimes, that village can be made up of unexpected allies. That’s the lesson one mother learned when she found out that her kids had been misbehaving at the movies and completely ruined the experience for one family going through a rough time. A Night Out

John Lally of Houston, Texas isn’t your typical hero. With a rap sheet a mile long and multiple stints in prison, he’s spent a lot of his life on the wrong side of the law. It would be easy to assume that when it comes to Lally and cops, there’s no love lost. For years,

Parents of children with autism are, unfortunately, used to facing stigmas in their daily lives. So often, strangers can judge them or act harshly toward their children because they don’t understand what it’s actually like to walk in their shoes. Sometimes, though, strangers can turn all of that around with a simple act of kindness.