“You saved my life.” I heard her say the words but the weight of them didn’t sink in until she spoke the next. “I was going to commit suicide the next day, but you were nice to me. You guys were my friends.” Jen…
The sound was deafening. Eager bodies pushed past to get a closer glimpse. Some threw palm branches down in the road – an ancient custom to honor one so great. Others laid their own garments in the dusty path. As He approached on a…
I walked in with an attitude every day. Every. Single. Day. I hated the class. None of my friends were in it. Not one person from my circle of comrades. The class next door had Kim and Cassie. Why wasn’t I placed in there?…
I took the bait and ran with it. But all I ended up with was a hole in my mouth. I’m not a fisherwoman – not by any stretch of the imagination. The thought of poking a hook through the body of a dark…
American, Jessica Buchanan, and Dane, Poul Hagan were kidnapped in October of 2011 in Somalia. They were working there with a de-mining unit of the Danish Refugee Council. For almost three months Jessica and Poul were held captive by people who seemed to hold…