Two weeks ago, my 90-year-old mother, Catherine Ritchie, was preparing herself for bed at around 9pm. After brushing her teeth and hair, she turned around to find her bed completely engulfed in flames. She made an attempt to extinguish the flames herself by throwing blankets and pillows on the fire. The smoke and heat were […]

An old tired-looking dog wanders into a guy’s yard. He examines the dog’s collar and feels his well-fed belly and knows the dog has a home. The dog follows him into the house, goes down the hall, jumps on the couch, gets comfortable and falls asleep. The man thinks its rather odd, but lets him […]

“Every morning at 5:30 AM, Doris wheeled her custodial cart into the darkened halls of Lincoln High School. At 62, she’d cleaned these bathrooms for 17 years, scrubbing graffiti off stalls and mopping up spilled soda. Most days, she went unnoticed, just a shadow in a neon green vest. But one Tuesday, she heard something […]

A woman named Corrie Ten Boom showing the secret hiding place her family constructed in her attic bedroom to shelter Jewish people and resistance members in Haarlem, Holland during WWII.