Stories that changed our lives

Archive for March, 2010

29 More Reasons to Hang On

As I type out these words, it is pouring rain all around me. I am sheltered from the rain and yet I breathe in the dampness and feel the thick air of humidiity that accompanies a downpour. Port Au Prince is 136 miles to the south of where I am sitting right now, and I […]

March 28th, 2010
Topic: FB, 52, Newsletter

What Would I Be Willing To Give?

On the other side of the world, as I type this and as you read these words, there are some people writing history in a capacity we can only imagine. Day after day, they love. Through the good, the bad and the very ugly, they choose love. Because love is the only thing that is […]

March 21st, 2010
Topic: FB, 52, Newsletter

Norbertico’s Dream

The Arroyo Seco school and community centre was built by hand - many hands from around the world. It started with one man’s vision to educate a community and it has done that. But it has become about more than that. It has become a place of hope, signifying a future that people dared not […]

March 14th, 2010
Topic: FB, 52, Newsletter

The Butterfly Effect

One tiny little movement, practically imperceptible to the human eye, so slight you would hardly feel it and yet so powerful you would never believe what it is capable of accomplishing. One day it was shy and unsure of itself, the next day it was beautiful, liberated and secretly powerful. That’s kind of what the […]

March 7th, 2010
Topic: FB, 52, Newsletter