“It’s never too late to follow your dream.” Ümmiye Koçak was born in 1957 to a farming family in Çelemli village, near the city of Adana in Turkey. She grew up in a large family of ten children, two parents, and two grandparents. Although she came from a farming family, and despite the poverty that…
Category: Inspirational
Is There a Doctor in the House?
– a personal experience During a recent trip to Italy, something serendipitous happened to me. Upon my arrival at the Leonardo da Vinci Airport in Rome, aka Fiumicino Airport, I immediately claimed my luggage and headed for the train that would take me to the apartment where I would be living during my two-week stay….
THERE ARE NO ELEVATORS TO SUCCESS, ONLY STAIRS
Nowadays, at my age, I find it interesting to find myself face to face with a college kid working behind the counter of a coffee shop, a fast food restaurant, a grocery store, and what not. Sometimes, when there’s not a lot of customers, you see them peeking through their school notes while working to…
Love Is Truly Blind
On a train ride home from my Italian language class one evening, a blind man and a blind woman sitting across from me caught my attention. They struck me as a married couple. They got off the train at the same time I did and upon exiting the train, they immediately grabbed each other’s hands while…
Travelissimo 