Brenda Combs was a homeless crack addict. How did she wind up a respected schoolteacher?
By Kenneth Miller in Reader's Digest - November 2007
Two fearless strangers save a three-year-old girl from a 1,000 foot drop off a cliff.
By Kenneth Miller in Reader's Digest - March 2008
For these courageous kids with a terrifying disease, every day is a battle.
Willie Stewart had no business kayaking the Colorado River with a prosthetic arm. But he went for it anyway.
By Doug Colligan in Reader's Digest - April 2007
When we were kids, my brother felt like a burden to me. Now I realize he's a gift.
By Margaret Carlson in Reader's Digest - April 2004
She had a 5% chance of survival. Then she made medical history.
By Sacha Zimmerman in Reader's Digest - June 2006
A wave of tornadoes brings death, destruction—and selfless acts of bravery.
By Tara Conry, Fran Lostys, and Bridget Nelson Monroe in Reader's Digest - June 2008
A Utah girl with a rare disease makes her own sunshine while living in darkness.
By Cathy Free in Reader's Digest - June 2004
The holidays give us all reasons to believe -- here are four.
Five stories that show they can happen anywhere—in the snow, in the sand, even on the sidewalk.
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