A Gift From God

A Gift From God

by Jody Kerzman  | Submitted Photos Fifteen year old Daria Schumaier is a typical American teenager. She’s on her school’s volleyball, golf, and science olympiad teams. She plays chess and is learning to sew. And her favorite food is pepperoni pizza. That’s a fact...
Kari Wolff: The Family We Chose

Kari Wolff: The Family We Chose

by Jody Kerzman  | Photography: Photos by Jacy Like many couples, Mike and Kari Wolff’s road to adoption began with infertility. “We were to the point where we were going to try in vitro,” recalls Kari. “But it just didn’t feel right. For whatever reason, it just...
Community Contributor: North Dakota Heart Gallery

Community Contributor: North Dakota Heart Gallery

Submitted Photos Tell us a little history of North Dakota Heart Gallery. The North Dakota Heart Gallery is a nonprofit organization that was started in 2008 with a mission to reach out to the public and encourage the adoption of North Dakota children in foster care...
The Stories We Tell

The Stories We Tell

By Noreen Keesey “I’m not a leader,” she told me. Then, almost immediately, she followed up with the comment, “Oh, that’s literally my job!” Mary (not her real name) had been telling herself a story about her work and the role she...
Must-Read Books

Must-Read Books

Article and Photo by Pam Vukelic “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by...