The Stories

The Giving Keys

Keeping It Going

I've been recovering from anxiety and panic disorder for a few years, so when I received my COURAGE key through MOPS International, it fit my situation perfectly reminding me to...

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Still Shining Through It All

I am a group fitness instructor at a golf & country club. A student in my fitness class was diagnosed with breast cancer. She is a widower who lost her...

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Daddy Has A Disease Called Addiction

My friend told me her husband was away for two weeks. I didn't think anything of it. My husband goes away too--business trips. But her husband...her husband isn't working. He...

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It Will All Work Out

I have just mailed away my first key gift to my friend, Lorelee. She is going through a rough divorce she did not want, and fighting for custody of her...

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It Was My Key’s Turn To Be Passed Along

When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I was very emotionally overwhelmed and ultimately depressed. A friend gave me the key; it had been given to her “new”. I wore...

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I Gave My Mother My Key

  I had gotten this key after my grandfather passed. It was a horrible experience for me and I needed to just hold something meaningful. Years have passed now and...

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