The late actor Christopher Reeve will always be our Superman, and not just because he portrayed the man from Kryptonite on the big screen. When Reeve became paralyzed after falling from a horse, he inspired many with his positive, upbeat outlook and his constant advocacy for stem cell research to help improve quality of life…

During high school, Haselteen Rumbo’s parents forbid her to attend the high school prom because of dancing. Now, at 90-years-old, Rumbo got a second chance to attend a high school prom in Independence, Missouri–with her 18-year-old great grandson. The nursing home that Rumbo stays in started granting wishes to senior citizens about a year ago to help them…

Gail Brant of Anderson, Indiana proved that it’s never too late to go back to school. At 87-years-old, Brant recently graduated from Anderson University with a bachelor’s degree in English literature. When Brant graduated from high school, she didn’t get a chance to attend college, and even though she took night classes for a while, the demands…

If you lost your job, would you dress up in a suit, put on a poster board, stand on a street, and hand out your resume to strangers? If you are 60-year-old Paul Nawrocki, you would.  In fact, when Nawrocki was laid off in February 2008 as a toy company executive, he did exactly that–standing on…

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