Stories presents narrative‑driven articles and personal accounts that bring the human experiences behind the headlines into vivid focus.
I wanted to share the most inspiring image of love and goodness I’d ever seen… This photograph depicts the successful rescue attempt of a lineman whose heart stopped instantly after contacting a low voltage wire. His coworker witnessed the incident and dashed to the pole where the victim was dangling. While holding him, he began […]
Three days before our long-awaited anniversary trip to the Maldives, I collapsed in the kitchen. A stroke had weakened one side of my body and affected my speech. As I lay in a hospital bed, I expected my husband Jeff to be there with me — but instead, he called from the airport. For illustrative […]
On a late autumn afternoon along Route 27 outside Ashford, traffic rolled on as usual until a five-year-old girl in a glittering fairy-tale gown screamed for her mother to stop the car. Her name was Sophie Maren, a child with tangled blonde hair, light-up sneakers, and a stubbornness that seemed too big for her tiny […]
An ultrasound shows that her snake is not as cute as the woman thought. Cassandra stared at the ultrasound screen, her heart pounding in shock. Her opinion of her cherished pet snake, Reggie, was completely destroyed by what she saw. When she took him to the veterinarian because she thought he might be sick or […]
In Petersburg, Virginia, a seventh grader is being hailed as a hometown hero after risking his own safety to save his family from a fast-moving house fire. Four lives were spared that day — and all because 12-year-old Romir Parker’s instincts told him there was no time to waste. It happened in early June, when […]
Lainie’s story is a living testament to extraordinary human strength and courage. Despite being diagnosed with cancer for the seventh time, she continues to face life with hope, determination, and an unshakable smile, refusing to let the disease break her spirit. In a recent photograph that has touched thousands, Lainie is seen from her hospital […]
It has been fifteen years, yet I never once lay with my husband—until I stumbled upon a conversation between him and his closest friend. The gas cylinder man, the maid, the delivery boy in our Gurgaon housing complex (on the edge of New Delhi), still believe that my husband and I are an ideal office […]
Cervical can.cer is among the most common gynecological can.cers worldwide. While many factors contribute to its development, certain lifestyle choices and behaviors from a woman’s partner can play a surprisingly big role. Some seemingly “normal” but selfish habits from husbands may put their wives at higher risk without them even realizing it. Here are three […]
Family members are remembering Donald and Maria Nunney, beloved parents of four, who died in a car crash while on a trip to drop off their eldest son at college in North Carolina. Donald Nunney’s sister Meredith Nunney McCarthy said her older brother and sister-in-law were “fantastic parents” who would be greatly missed not just […]
Zariah, my four-year-old, never walks through a store — she dances through it. The aisles are her stage, and if music plays from the speakers or a ringtone pings nearby, she twirls, spins, and throws in a few dramatic jazz hands. Most people smile. Some even clap. But last week, one woman didn’t. She wrinkled […]
Tragedy at Rathbun Lake Earlier this summer, Appanoose County, Iowa, faced a heartbreaking loss. Seventeen-year-old Ayden Beeson, a high school student and recently crowned Prom King, disappeared while swimming on June 26, 2024. Just an hour after being reported missing, rescuers recovered him from the water. Immediate Response The Appanoose County Sheriff’s Office acted swiftly. […]
My stepmom smashed my late mom’s treasured crystal set to pieces—she had no idea she was the one being tricked. I (28F) lost my mom when I was 16. She was my best friend, and when she passed, she left me one thing I vowed to treasure forever—her crystal set. It wasn’t just glass; it […]
It’s easy to feel justified in our frustration when we’ve been wronged, especially in the small, everyday injustices that chip away at our patience. But sometimes, behind those annoyances lies a story we haven’t bothered to learn. In this story, what began as a petty act of revenge revealed a far deeper truth—not about theft, […]
Our reader’s estranged mother, who is critically sick, unexpectedly requests to move back in. She declines, but the incident gradually escalates, involving the police. Read her tale to learn how she intends to manage this challenging situation. Here’s story: When I was 11, my mother left me for another man, so my father reared me […]
In a world often racing toward success, wealth, and recognition, it’s easy to overlook the quiet souls sitting on life’s sidelines. The story of the old woman on Maple Street reminds us that true humanity is not measured by grand gestures, but by small, consistent acts of kindness—especially toward those who can offer nothing in […]
John Thompson’s life completely changed in just a few seconds. The 18-year-old lost both his arms above the elbows while working on a farm. He miraculously survived, and doctors successfully reattached his limbs. What followed was a sudden rise to fame, as everyone wanted to know more about the boy who beat the odds. Although […]
Grief is not always loud. It doesn’t always look like tears or sound like sobs. Sometimes, it hides in silence, in small rituals, in words never spoken aloud. We often assume that others aren’t hurting simply because their pain doesn’t mirror our own—but grief takes many forms. This story is a powerful reminder that behind […]
My mom left me for another man when I was 11. My dad raised me. He wasn’t perfect, but he was steady — at every parent-teacher conference, on the sidelines of every game, and during the nights when I had more questions than answers about why she had gone.Last week, out of the blue, she […]
Ricky Nelson, born Eric Hilliard Nelson on May 8, 1940, in Teaneck, New Jersey, became one of America’s first teen pop idols. The son of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, he grew up in the spotlight on their legendary sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, which ran for sixteen years. Ricky and his older brother […]
Eighteen-year-old Jillian Ludwig, a Belmont University freshman, was tragically killed by a stray bullet during an unrelated shooting in Nashville in 2023. She was hit in the head while out for a walk and died hours later in the hospital. The shooter, Shaquille Taylor, wasn’t aiming at her but at a nearby car. Taylor had […]