Last month, a relatively unknown foreign film entitled Shame was released in the U.S. Directed by British Director Steve McQueen, the film starred Michael Fassbender (Inglorious Basterds, X-Men: First Class) as Brandon and Carey Mulligan as Sissy (An Education), siblings whose interaction with one another and it's resulting impact on...

January 14, 2003 would be the day when I received the greatest gift to date in my young life. Being only 12 at the time, it initiated a drastic change in my everyday life, as well as a prompt transfiguration regarding my immediate family.

Hannah Isabella Reitmeyer was born...