The Stories

Courage to Persevere

I bought myself a Giving Key that said Courage because I was going through a particularly difficult time. I knew that every time I looked at that key it would...

When Not If

In November 2015  at age seventeen I was at an Irish Dance Competition. My mom was fixing my hair for the competition and found a lump on my neck. She...

With Hope

I was given a Giving Keys Faith bracelet at the baptism of my beautiful Goddaughter, Penelope, with the instructions to pass it on when the time was right. There have...

For Them and For Myself

I've been through a lot in the last couple of years. I lost my boyfriend to a drunk driving accident during my freshman year. We had been together for almost...

The Spark that Ignites Our Dreams

Just one week before my only daughter was due to deliver our 6th grandchild, I was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. I had planned to take care of my daughter and...

A Time of Great Need

In October, 2014 I moved my 94 year old mother from Florida to Ohio so that I could take care of her. In the months that followed she was in...