Our journey through life can take us down many roads.  On those roads are life changing experiences, challenges, lasting relationships, and chance meetings with inspiring people.  Think about the number of people you encounter on a daily basis and who, if any, remain in your life for a short time or even a lifetime. Call it law of attraction, chemistry or coincidence but we attract people into our lives for a reason -- having an affinity for certain qualities that other people possess. … Continue

Try to envision nine teenage girls sitting around a small dining room table, sharing stories, and giggling as they discussed their plans for Christmas. Sounds like a typical scene right? Well, this dinner was anything but typical.

You see, the setting was a shelter on Long Island for teen girls known as Madonna Heights and these girls had never met. Five juniors from Smithtown High Schoolhad come to…

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