She walked into his atelier in 1953 expecting to meet Katharine Hepburn. Hubert de Givenchy, twenty-six years old and already making waves in Parisian fashion, had prepared for the arrival of the […]
The hospital room had been off-limits for thirty days. Not because of distance, or rules, or lack of desire — but because multiple sclerosis doesn’t negotiate. It doesn’t pause for births or […]
A homeless man has captured thousands of hearts, not for begging, but for how he rocks his dog to sleep each night on the cold sidewalk. People passing by don’t notice him […]
In 1979, Mississippi’s Pearl River flooded. Catastrophic flooding. The kind that happens fast and sweeps away everything. Michael Harris, 57 and homeless, woke in his abandoned parking garage to sirens and rushing […]
While Fourth of July fireworks explode overhead, volunteers sit in animal shelters beside trembling dogs and frightened cats. Not at parties. Not watching fireworks. Not celebrating. But sitting in kennels. In the […]
That’s Jon Bon Jovi washing dishes in his Soul Kitchen restaurant in Newark, New Jersey. Not for a photo op. Not for publicity. Just washing dishes. Because that’s what needs to be […]
When I was 5, my brothers 4 and 1, our mother walked away and stole our grandmother’s savings. Not just left. Not just abandoned her children, which would be devastating enough. But […]
So last summer I randomly met this 80-year-old woman through an online game of Words With Friends. It started like most online gaming interactions—anonymous, transactional, focused on the game. Two random people […]
In 2019, actress Sienna Miller shared a touching story about her experience working with Chadwick Boseman on 21 Bridges. The movie was important to both of them. Good roles. Good script. Good […]
Someone saw their elderly neighbors (70s) running around outside in pajamas and bare feet, laughing out loud. Not quietly chuckling. Not politely giggling. Full-on laughing. The kind of laughter that makes you […]