The Stories

Most Exciting Moment

I'm a professional artist and teacher, and over the years, one of my students turned from my student to my assistant to one of my closest friends. One of the...

Time To Give Love Away

I was talking to a friend, late one night. I asked her how she was doing, and turns out not so great. Earlier that day she had been told that...

Gift Of Encouragement

Last June I was diagnosed with stage 2b malignant melanoma. This was my second cancer diagnosis. My first was ductal carcinoma breast cancer in 2010. Luckily, the breast cancer was...

Inspired For Years To Come

I gave my inspire key to a 10 year old girl, Adriana Mertz, in Great Falls, MT. She gives everything, including her birthday, to the Furry Friends Project. She just...

I Will Not Be Alone

On May 16, 2016, I went in for a biopsy on some nodules the doctor found on my Thyroid. I walked away from that visit knowing that life was going...

Added Confidence

My son gave me the INSPIRE key. I asked why of all the words he picked that one. He said that I had no idea how much I touched other...