Sometimes it’s obvious. A figure stands in the doorway both sudden and timid, wanting a conversation, “Do you have a minute?” Something is wrong and they need to talk. It’s serious. They’re worried. Sometimes it’s more...
Kimberly Hendricks said her adopted children are the kids she was meant to raise and love. She is grateful for her children, but there was a time when she feared she may never be able to have the family she had dreamed...
There’s a situation out there called golden handcuffs. It’s a problem some might argue they’d really, very much like to have. Be careful what you wish for. Today I’m going to write about three people I know. The first…...
Toni Miller is known among friends and family as the butterfly lady, a nickname bestowed when she first discovered she had cancer, and a welcome sign of hope at the time. Miller’s battle against cancer began the way one would expect: with pain. Her...
At 30 years old, one of the last things Nicholas Petralia expected to encounter was a bout with cancer, but when he was diagnosed with stage two testicular cancer back in 2010, that very battle became his reality. “I still considered myself young...
Editor's note: Andrew Grimm is a contributing columnist at GreatNews.Life. I grew up in an underprivileged housing community with my divorced mother fighting to bring herself an education and lift us out of poverty (which she did). No one paid...
“I never would have thought to help others in this way if I hadn’t gone through it myself,” said Tonya Hill-Rios, a Portage resident and cancer survivor. “It’s been more eye-opening to me than anything else in my life.” When Hill-Rios was...
A recent New York Times editorial — “How Health Insurers Can Be Heroes. Really.” — makes the case that health insurers have an opportunity to distinguish themselves during the COVID-19 crisis. We’re not sure if companies can be heroes, but...
Prestin Butcher’s battle with cancer was sudden and dramatic. Just a fifth grade kid, he started getting severe headaches disrupted his ability to take part in swim practice. His mother took him to the doctor where they did a CT scan that showed a...
Editor's note: Andrew Grimm is a contributing columnist at GreatNews.Life. John Wayne is still alive. I’ve seen him with my own eyes. He rode in one day, high on his saddle, and took out the bad guys one at a time with a six-shooter in each...
“I never would have thought to help others in this way if I hadn’t gone through it myself,” said Tonya Hill-Rios, a Portage resident and cancer survivor. “It’s been more eye-opening to me than anything else in my life.” When Hill-Rios was... 
Editor's note: Andrew Grimm is a contributing columnist at GreatNews.Life. John Wayne is still alive. I’ve seen him with my own eyes. He rode in one day, high on his saddle, and took out the bad guys one at a time with a six-shooter in each...