A sensation of needles being thrust into his skin caused the boy to leap out of bed, exclaiming, “There’re nails in my blankets.”
His oldest sister rushed to her brother’s aid from the...
By Sammie Ann Wicks
"You’re telling me that I had a heart attack?” These were the first incredulous words Scott Eckenrode remembers saying after a routine afternoon with his wife in their Chandler living...
By Deborah Hilcove
Decked out in her red cowboy boots and black Stetson, retired goldsmith Dale Connors looks the part of a pioneer. But the Chandler resident isn’t that kind of pioneer. Instead,...
By Sammie Ann Wicks
The hatchet-like head, thrust down to peer below the massive, flailing wings, outstretched feet pressed tight against the densely feathered body, talons clinched inward to slice through the wind,...
By Sammie Ann Wicks
Denise Torres vividly remembers the day doctors told her baby might be born with Down syndrome.
“It was a big deal, no doubt about that, hearing my boy probably was going to...
By Diana Nelson
Holiday cheer would not be possible without hope for the future. It’s that same brand of hope that was found this year in the family of Avery Ruiz, a 14-year-old...
The Rev. Hunter Ruffin, new pastor of Church of the Epiphany in South Tempe, remembers the day he told his family he wanted to be a priest. “I was 12 years old...
