“I don’t believe in luck,” he said. “God had done His Will, he had saved my life.” Eldon Cooper, a farmer in Clarkridge, Ark., was pinned inside his water-filled tractor cab for more than three hours and nearly drowned.  He says God, not luck is why he is still alive today. Cooper was preparing to…

One summer, when I was only seven, over a period of a few weeks, I experienced an onset of severe headaches. I completed the second grade that last school year, and It was my first summer living in southern California. My parents, sister, and I moved from Northern Minnesota six months earlier. I found no…

He found a baby alive that had been buried in a Montana mountain side for at least nine hours, in what can only be described as a true miracle. Missoula County Sheriff’s Deputy Ross Jessup, who stated “it was the happiest 15-20 minutes of my career,” is being called a hero after spending hours looking…

Eight years ago, Oprah Winfrey hosted a contest that was meant to find the next talk show host. Krista Rizzo entered the contest. If she won, she planned to call her show “Why Am I Yelling?” When she entered the contest, she decided to create a blog that would cover similar topics to the potential…

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