"Some children just need more love." I don't know how many times I heard Mrs. Tucker say that.Mrs. Tucker was a 73-year-old woman who worked with me in an after-school daycare program that paid me a much-needed stipend while in graduate school. She rarely missed an...
Did you know that Albert Einstein could not speak until he was four years old and did not read until he was seven? His parents and teachers worried about his mental ability.Beethoven's music teacher said about him, "As a composer he is hopeless." What if young Ludwig...
In 1942, the American consul ordered citizens home from the Persian Gulf, for fear they might get caught in the spreading conflict of World War II.Travel was difficult, and some civilians secured passage on the troop ship Mauritania. Passengers included thousands...
Dinah Shore said, "There are no hopeless situations -- only people who are hopeless about them." Case in point: Morgan Rowe. Some 30 years ago, when he was only 11 years old, he lost his left arm and much of the use of his right arm. It happened when he fell off a...
Have you ever heard of Hank Greenberg? The year was 1934. For the first time in 25 years, the Detroit Tigers were a strong team who had an excellent chance to play in baseball's prestigious World Series. Hank was a key player on a team that had come to rely on his...
I heard a story about Fiorello LaGuardia who was mayor of New York City during the worst days of the Great Depression and all of WWII. He was adored by many New Yorkers who took to calling him the "Little Flower," because of his name and the fact that he was so short...
For several years I have saved a touching piece written by Beth Nelson, a teacher. She reminds us of the satisfaction gained by doing the "work of our hearts."Let me give children the healing knowledge That there is a better way, a more beautiful way To live each day...