Grace Kinstler, a 20-year-old from Chicago, electrified the celebrity judges on "American Idol" with two powerful performances in honor of her late father.
We wouldn’t typically expect someone who was about to turn 100 to have energy to spare and a desire for daring adventures, but Charlie Montanaro isn’t your average person. Nothing was going to stop him from celebrating his triple-digit birthday in a big way!
The World War II veteran has seen and done many extraordinary things over the course of his lifetime. Since he remains physically fit and is still able to be independent, he’s made it his mission to live life to the fullest. That’s why he decided to celebrate his 100th birthday by skydiving.
After serving in the military and spending his days going on adventures, Charlie said his thought process was simple: “I flew planes for years, I guess I’ll try jumping out of one.”
Have you ever seen something so wrong that you couldn’t rest until it was made right?
For Lavonda Wright Myers of Powder Springs, Georgia, the answer is yes. She and her son were going out for dinner one night when her son spotted someone he knew from school jogging down the side of the road.
Jayden Sutton is a senior at Cobb County High School who holds down a 40-hour job at a nearby restaurant. Every weekday, he works from right after school until about 10:30 p.m. Because he doesn’t have a car, the teen has to walk 5 miles both to and from work, so sometimes he doesn’t get home until after midnight.
If you really want something, quitting is not an option.
Evelyn Uba has dreamed of becoming an attorney ever since she was a child growing up in Nigeria. She shaped her entire life around the goal, coming to the U.S. in 1983 to get an education when she was just 18.
Her father always encouraged her to follow her dreams no matter what, but soon after, he suffered a stroke. Although Evelyn promised him that she would finish law school someday, her family’s ensuing financial troubles forced her to take a break from her studies for almost 20 years.
Evelyn went on to get married and have four children, but she never stopped imagining the moment she would fulfill her promise to her dad, who has since passed away and to herself.
Alwyn Wils of the Netherlands cannot turn his back on an animal in need.
His love of all creatures great and small is well-documented on his YouTube channel, “A Chick Called Albert.” He has been a caretaker for wild animals, birds, and reptiles alike throughout his life, and he has no plans to stop.
“Whenever an animal in need crosses my path, usually it ends up with me for a while. Over the years I’ve learned and invented new methods to help them,” Alwyn explained.
His home is filled with incubators, eye droppers, and other tools of the animal rescue trade, so when he spotted an abandoned egg lying on the bottom of a bird cage in a pet store, he knew what he had to do.