by Heather Laskin | Jan 19, 2017 | Awesome, Inspiration
Amy Craton will tell you it’s never too late to finish what you’ve started, even if it takes more than five decades to do it. The 94-year-old great-grandmother this week celebrated receiving her college degree, which she earned with a perfect 4.0 grade point average....
by Heather Laskin | Aug 18, 2016 | Inspiration
A Massachusetts woman turning 100 on Friday recently got an early birthday surprise: the high school graduation she never had over 80 years ago. Just before Clare Picciuto was supposed to start high school in the early 1930s, the Great Depression hit, according...
by Heather Laskin | Jun 24, 2016 | Inspiration
Content via ABC News At first glance, you’d think Destyni Tyree leads a charmed life. She was voted prom queen by her peers and was captain of the cheerleading squad. She also completed high school in two years, earning a 4.0 grade point average and snagging a...
by Heather Laskin | Jun 16, 2016 | Inspiration
High school senior Laura Hillier had been battling leukemia for years. She had been waiting a long time for a stem cell transplant and finally found an eligible donor in July, but unfortunately the operation was too little too late. Sadly, the 18-year-old passed away...
by Heather Laskin | Jun 14, 2016 | Awesome, Inspiration
A good teacher can change the course of a person’s life. Having someone who will not only teach, but believe in, support, and inspire a student can mean the world and make all the difference. Unfortunately not everyone will have a teacher like that, but the ones...