by mitalis | Mar 30, 2016 | Inspiring Stories, News
United Through Reading (UTR) is a San Diego-based non-profit organization that helps connect military families around the world through reading. Even though we live in the age of Skype and Facetime, those who are deployed are rarely in the same time zone as...
by mitalis | Mar 29, 2016 | Inspiring Stories, News
By Andrea Blackstone Tyler Stallings is a typical 4-year-old boy who jumps in mud puddles and plays with trucks. However, my son is the child of a veteran and so am I. Tyler became interested in helping homeless and elderly veterans after I showed him photos of them...
by mitalis | Mar 29, 2016 | Inspiring Stories, News
The year 2014 couldn’t have begun better for Gulf War Veteran Laura Thompson, who met her soulmate, Mark, in January. They were married by a justice of the peace and had planned a fairy-tale church wedding. But just six months later, Laura was diagnosed with...