Christmas is still a few days away, but DeAnn Sampley already has what she asked for.
DeAnn Sampley, a Bakersfield College professor and founder and former president of Children to Love International, volunteers in a Romanian government care center. She visits with Daniel, who suffers from hydrocephalus, commonly known as water on the brain. His last name is not known. (Photo courtesy of DeAnn Sampley)
Exhausted after returning Thursday from Romania, the Bakersfield College...
There she sat, smiling up at me, her sweet spirit intact, her proud mom by her side.
Ashley Nommensen
Ashley Nommensen has fought hard against bipolar disorder for four years, but when I bumped into her last week amid the hustle of the holiday season, she looked positively joyful.
I hadn’t seen Ashley since last December, when she was the topic of a column I wrote about her struggle; about the grief the disorder caused her family and about the...
