Good
stories never lose their ability to move their
audience. Here are some of LIFP's best.
Celebrate Life! - Cancer
Services of Northeast Indiana published a beautiful
Sunday newspaper supplement featuring
the personal stories of six individuals who have survived
cancer. One story is about Maggie Troyer and her good
things journal.
It has been a week of
doctors, testing, radiation and of medicine …
We are learning to be patient…My sister Cindy
has truly been a blessing having been here for a second
week. Not only has she proven to be my sister, but
my substitute mother, my confidant, my special friend.
Thank you Lord for this new day. .... (Read
Full
Story)
Yvonne's
Story - To help teenage
girls recognize abusive dating relationships, the Teen
Intervention and Prevention Program launched a dramatic
ad campaign throughout San Francisco, CA. Counseling
is provided at La Casa de las Madres to help young women
avoid violent boyfriends.
... The
yelling, the insults and the hitting felt like the same
kind of confused love she had experienced and seen growing
up in her own family. … she wished someone had
been there to just listen to her before she got into
the abusive relationship. ... (Read Full
Story)
Psychosis
- Finding Balance - Mid-Valley
Behavioral Care 
Network
Early Psychosis Project provides education and early
intervention for young people with psychosis and their
families in five rural, low-income Oregon counties.
This hip 20-minute video
creates the metaphor of a teenage mind precariously
skateboarding through life.
To view this you must have Windows
Media, a free download.
Women's Voices from the
County Jail from Jail Outreach Program in
San Francisco, CA
I sit in my room
Lost in my thoughts
Hoping that some day I can turn
Back the clock.
(Read the
poems written by these incarcerated women)
LIFE in Rhyme from
Lifeline to Independence for the Elderly(LIFE) in
Buffalo, NY
In their old age, many freedoms
have been deprived
But with the help of our teen volunteers
We’ve taught them that their independence can
survive. ....
(Read Full
Poem by 4 high school volunteers)
Angela's Story from
Metamorphosis in Portland, OR
Angela was 14. Like any teenager
she felt immortal, and like any teen she also had
her hopes and dreams. Hopes to graduate from school,
to go to college, to get a good job, and even to
have a family of her own some day. Unlike most teens,
she was missing a key ingredient to achieve any of
her dreams: a home ... (Read Full
Story)
Mother Knows Best from Neighbood
Health Initiative in Des Moines, IA
One day a young mother started
telling me about a concern she had with the doctor
that was looking at her 15-month-old baby….... (Read Full
Story)
Marta's Story from
Implementation of Healthy Steps in Chicago, IL
After Catalina was born,
the child was often seen at IWS for eating difficulties.
She was sent from specialist to specialist, but
no clear answer emerged. Feeding tubes and other
interventions were attempted. .... (Read Full
Story)
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