“I just need a piece of tin 17-by-17.” Having to choose between home and heart for him was an easy decision. Every rainstorm, Leroy Carter and his wife (both in their seventies) would watch the rain through their roof fill…

“I thought I was all alone in exhaustion and frustration.” Norma was the primary caregiver for her elderly mother. Day in and day out for four years, she would handle her mother’s money matters, doctors’ appointments, and physical needs. While…

“It was just a fighting thing, I had to do myself…it was hard.” While David Anderson can fix, clean, or move just about anything, he struggled to read and write since he was a child. As an adult, he found…

When it first happened, Brenda Walker didn’t tell anyone for over a month. She kept the news to herself after her doctor diagnosed her with retinal disorders, knowing that it would eventually cause her to lose her full sight and…