Author: Samal Perera

If you’ve ever dreamed of driving straight into the heart of America — past vast deserts, mountain passes, small towns, and endless skies — then U.S. Route 50 is calling…

There’s something almost otherworldly about the Florida Keys — a string of sun-soaked islands that stretch like a jeweled necklace from the southern tip of Florida into the turquoise Caribbean…

It’s the phone call that causes every parent’s heart to stop: their child is missing. For four families, that nightmare began on a routine morning, but it was stopped by…

When the fury of Pearl Harbor shattered America’s peace in December 1941, it ignited a fire in the heart of a young woman in Philadelphia. Josephine Margaret Pescatore was barely…

This is a story about the impossible. It’s a story about a bond so strong that it defied years of silence, separation, and starvation. But more than anything, this is…

As a parent, you are in a constant state of readiness. You plan for everything. You have backup snacks, extra clothes, first-aid kits, and a solution for almost any problem.…

The journey of a soldier’s recovery from war is rarely measured in weeks or months. For Vietnam veteran Larry Sudweeks, it was a 45-year journey that was missing its most…

  This is a story about a single, transformative act of animal rescue. It’s about the moment when one person decides to stop, to see, and to act. In a…

In August 2014, Elizabeth Diamond, a single mother of four, was given a diagnosis that is every parent's single greatest nightmare. She had stage-four brain cancer. This wasn't just a…

An act of human kindness can be a simple, quiet thing, yet it can land with the force of a thunderclap, completely rearranging your perspective. Life has a funny way…