One of my favorite movies of all time is Cinderella Man starring Russell Crowe. It was inspired by the real-life story of the heavyweight boxer James Braddock, whose once-promising boxing career was cut short after breaking his hand in the ring. For years he...

After my parents had my sister Lisa and me, they were told they could no longer have children. But my mom and dad decided they were not done growing their family, so they adopted an eight-month-old girl from South Korea. It was a bold and beautiful thing to do in a...

As the Roman poet Virgil once wrote, “Trust not too much to appearances.” This was true two thousand years ago and it’s still true today. We have cliches in our heads about who someone is—or how they ought to be—solely based on their appearance. For instance, what...