The Stories

My World Has Been Changed Forever

On June 6th my fiancé Tim had a massive heart attack in the middle of the night at the age of 48. I was sleeping next to Tim and had...

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Facing New Things

My son starts kindergarten next Tuesday and last night was the "Back To School" event where he met his teacher and saw his new classroom. My normally outgoing and confident...

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Beauty In The Broken

When my best friend moved far away we still talked regularly and helped each other through the challenges of family and life. We had both had great family situations we...

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Real Courage

I run a child care program that has 84 children enrolled. My husband bought me the "Courage" key as I fought and overcame close calls of developing pancreatic and colon...

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Hold Your Head High

This key represents not only the courage I hope to pass to Rebecca, but my love, and the part of me I see in her. I've watched her from a...

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Unlock Courage

Today I bought my husband of 15 years a "courage" key. My hope is that he'll wear it between his t-shirt and ballistic vest when he's on duty as a...

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