The Rock
I based my whole life on a t-shirt which read: "Basketball is life and the rest is details."
I had finally reached the pinnacle of my basketball career. All the sacrifices, hard work, and persistence had finally paid off. I was going to the 1996 Olympic Games. We were representing Canada, competing against the world's best, chasing after a gold...... >Read More
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Alive, Really Alive
Story told by David MacLean, as told to Laurie Wang
At the unripe age of nine, I was necking girls.
Looking back as a husband and father, I could see I was going down a dangerous road at such a young age. That same year, my mom died of a heart attack. At that time, my sister was 20 and my... >Read More
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Deciding for Myself
There was still something missing in my life, and I didn't know what it was. I wasn't sure where to find it. I thought I had everything I needed.
Growing up in Alexandria, Egypt, in a comfortable home with my parents, sisters and brother, I had little to complain about. My father worked for a petroleum company for many years... >Read More
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A Secure Future
In Jos, Nigeria, as an act of duty, seven-year-old Elizabeth was given to her aunt to be raised.
Her aunt's only child had died. "My father said she could raise me as she wanted," says Elizabeth. "She was Muslim so she did her best to make a Muslim out of me."
Although Elizabeth practiced Islam faithfully, one question nagged her: where... >Read More
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More to Life
It seemed that we had everything. But I knew there had to be more to life than what we were living.
At home in India, I thought that my family's life was not any different than that of a Hindu family. We went to church instead of going to Temple. When somebody died, we would bury him or her and... >Read More
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Strength of Character
Right from the start, it was obvious that Catherine Reddick had talent. Her five-year-old soccer team was all boys except for three girls. Catherine scored five goals in one game. The other girls were skipping and acting silly, but not Catherine. Catherine was playing hard and she wanted to win.
Catherine loved soccer, but her family made...... >Read More
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An Uncanny Calm: Facing the fear of cancer
“Yes, the tumor is definitely cancer."
This news from my husband's neurosurgeon should have shaken my world, but I felt an uncanny calm.
But I was not always this way… just two months before, I had been an emotional basket case. Not only had we just learned that my husband had an inoperable brain tumor of uncertain pathology, but my mother...... >Read More
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Is the Christmas Story True? Does it Still Matter Today?
The story is old and has been told well many, many times.... >more
Finding the Real Me
From a young age I struggled with a lack of sexual identity.
I... >more
What Do You Fear?
Do you crave destiny? (Part 2)