The Landers’ Song
If the journey of the Landers family over the last six-and-a-half years were a song, it might be called, “Embracing Brokenness.” Andy and Jody Landers and their three boys–Dawson, Gabe and Max–were living in Muscatine, Iowa, when their fourth son, Quincy, was born with bladder exstrophy, a rare birth defect in which his bladder formed [...]
He Said, She Said
Note: The names of the people profiled in this story have been changed at their request. When Shawn and Christine Jones were the quintessential American couple with two kids and a nice house in the upscale suburb of Parker, Colo., they used to joke about adopting more kids. Fast-forward five years. The Joneses and their [...]
The Daily Bread Man
Bryan Decker maintains a 24-foot loading truck, cultivates contacts with local grocery stores and eateries, and manages a pool of 200 workers who distribute more than 1 million pounds of food a year out of a warehouse in Broomfield, Colo. What makes Bryan, 69, unique is that, as director of the North Denver Cares (NDC) food pantry, [...]
From the Cockpit to the Courtroom
After his second year of law school, Jose Escobar met his first client, Maria*, a single mother with two kids whose biological father had moved to California. Though Maria’s estranged partner had left his family permanently, that didn’t stop him from borrowing a baby that wasn’t his for a trip to apply for social service [...]
A Wink and a Prayer
A few months ago, Barb Murphy got what she calls a “wink from God.” She was hungry for a protein bar but instead of pulling into the first convenience store she saw, she decided to keep going until she got to a 7-Eleven. When the clerk noticed her pink “Cans For Hope” T-shirt, they struck [...]
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