Author Archives: LeLe

When 13-year-old Emma stood in front of the mirror, running her fingers through her long, fiery-red hair, she wasn’t thinking about how beautiful it looked — she was thinking about how it […]

For 57-year-old Carlos Pinto, the sea had always been a quiet companion — until it became his test of survival. Carlos was a security guard stationed on a small island near Belize […]

Officer Henry Franklin starts every morning the same way — by glancing at a piece of paper taped near his desk at the Sikeston Department of Public Safety. It’s small, creased from […]

When Mom passed away, the house felt hollow in more ways than one. My sister Sarah and I hadn’t spoken since the argument over her will — over that same old house […]

The social worker said it couldn’t be done. Two single men in their fifties, bikers no less, couldn’t possibly adopt four children. Policy wouldn’t allow it. But Tommy and I rode 1,200 […]

It happened on an ordinary afternoon in Vigo, Spain. The kind of day when people pass by piles of garbage without a second glance. But that day, one man stopped. Victor Corrales […]

I’ve been riding motorcycles for forty-five years. Seen storms, fires, and accidents—but nothing like that night on Interstate 40. The air was cool and still, the kind of silence that makes every […]

In 1955, a 27-year-old musician named Bo Diddley walked onto the stage of The Ed Sullivan Show. Dressed sharp in his signature hat and bow tie, guitar slung across his shoulder, he […]

On the set of Baby Boom in 1987, the air was tense. Director Charles Shyer called for another take — a pivotal scene where J.C. Wiatt, played by Diane Keaton, tries to […]

When The Godfather began filming in 1972, Hollywood was alive with ambition — bright lights, young stars, and stories that would shape cinema for decades. Among them were Diane Keaton and Al […]