It’s difficult to keep this woman down. Faith, family, and an indomitable spirit are her strongest weapons against adversity; and Karen Storek has known a few. In the 1980s Karen Storek moved her sons, aged 3 and 5, and her Bassett hound out of the home she shared with her husband at the time. “It [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘faith’
July 19, 2010
A Daughter’s Decision to Marry is a Deadly Decision
After independence from Britain in 1947 India’s government elected to become secular country, and, as such, separated religion and state. Discrimination of a person based on caste was legally forbidden. Today, Indians are reported to have become more flexible in their caste system customs. Urban people reportedly are less strict about observance. However 72 percent [...]
June 10, 2010
Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, but Pride in Heritage, Family, and Faith Will Heal Them. Two Extraordinary Women’s Stories
“Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman Giving all your love to just one man You’ll have bad times And he’ll have good times Doing things that you don’t understand…” (Excerpt of lyrics Stand by Your Man, co-written by Tammy Wynette and Billy Sherrill) Radmilla Cody may have grown up unfamiliar with the lyrics of [...]
March 30, 2010
Born in Two Different Worlds Still They’re Mother and Daughter
It might not seem out of the ordinary for an American to adopt a foreign-born baby. Americans have opened their hearts and homes to hundreds of thousands of children since the middle of the last century. In the decade between 1999 and 2009, more than 173,000 children from countries all across the globe came to [...]
