Stories that changed our lives

Archive for March, 2011

Etch-A-Sketches of Love

I know Christmas is technically December 25th, but when you have never experienced Christmas, you don’t even care what day it is. You only care that someone took the time to think of you. That’s why when Christmas came to northern Thailand at the end of this past February; no one was too uptight, because […]

March 30th, 2011
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A Jefe, a Horse and the Bano of Their Dreams…

Like the rest of the people in that tiny, obscure village, he is dirt poor. But he has something that few others in his situation have: transportation. It comes in the form of a horse.
His horse is a far cry from a ‘trusty steed’. In fact, I would probably say it is more like a […]

March 18th, 2011
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What Can 100 Years Do?

They perform 66% of the world’s work, earn only 10% of its income, and own only 1% of the world’s property. The girl child has been unofficially dubbed as being endangered due to infanticide, sexual exploitation and statelessness. And yet, the world not only needs women for obvious reasons, the world needs women because of […]

March 8th, 2011
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No, I Do Not Have the Bieber Fever

I don’t think Shane ever pictured himself doing this. I am going to guess that he never, ever wanted to think about it again. But this time, when it came back to him, he was ready for it.
His earliest memory was coming through the front door of his house at the age of five, and […]

March 7th, 2011
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