Inspiring Stories

There’s something magical about Teena Robb’s sunroom. Even on the cloudiest of days, the space feels warm and bright. It’s Teena herself who brings the real light to the room. Full of life, energy and

When Marilyn Youell’s husband was diagnosed with cancer, she watched helplessly as treatment brought him to the brink of death. He was a talented musician, but after surgery, he had to relearn how to

I first injured my knee in a skiing accident when I was 18. Back then, there wasn’t much they could do, so I just lived with it. It didn’t start bothering me until I was in my 40s or 50s. Then the

All my life, I’ve been given deadlines. It started when I suddenly lost the vision in my left eye at 14. A year earlier, my cousin had died of eye cancer, so doctors feared a tumour. I was flown from

When I was six years old, I was diagnosed with epilepsy. I would experience focal unaware—where I would lose awareness of my surroundings—and tonic-clonic seizures, the kind most people imagine with