Hundreds of prickly pear cactus needles stuck in the roof of the mouth would be enough to convince anyone that thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail is no walk in the woods.  After all, with 2,650... ...

In 1986, seventeen-year-old Jennifer Sey was at the top of the United States elite gymnastics world: hard work, unrelenting determination, and a bit of luck took her to the top of the podium as...

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It only took a trolley ride to turn a small boy's life upside down forever. 

In the Spring of 1932 six-year-old Roger was an ordinary little boy who loved playing with his yellow dump truck and...

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When a little girl must wrap her textbooks in plastic so no telltale roaches escape at school; or submit to a delousing before joining her Fresh Air Fund host family; or watch her mother spend...

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Almost from the first moment she saw him, Julia Scheeres adored her new adopted baby brother.  Only a few months younger than she was, the two became as close as two siblings could be; it made no...

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