Joyce Urch and her husband, Eric, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in a way neither of them could have imagined. Twenty-six years earlier, Joyce had lost her sight to a hereditary disease. During those years, she came to know her five children, twelve grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren by the sound of their voices and the […]
In the aftermath of World War II, thousands of children were orphaned and left to starve. Many of these children were rescued and sent to refugee camps where they received food and shelter. However, they had experienced so much loss that many of them could not sleep at night. They were terrified they would awake […]
There are many people who believe that Sherlock Holmes was a real person. After all, his “biography” is as easy to find as Winston Churchill’s! From 1887 to 1927, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote of the famous detective known for his heightened skills of observation. Holmes was both memorable and beloved—and entirely fictional. Yet, there […]
Trevor Beeson stood at the high altar of Westminster Abbey to celebrate the marriage of his daughter, Catharine, to Anthony, aged twenty-three. Nine months later he stood before the same altar for Anthony’s funeral. Anthony had been killed when his car ran into a wall in East London. Four months later, Trevor returned to the […]
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