But I came home and said to mum and dad: 'I don't think this is right.

BBC: Living life with multiple sclerosis

But for some reason, when I first came home and felt confused, isolated, angry and sad, I forgot that there was a good chance that there were others out there, just like me, who felt exactly the same way.

CNN: There is no shame in not being Superman

All day at work I thought of nothing but those shining surfaces, like coins catching the sun, and when I came home I went from mirror to mirror, striking poses, turning my head from side to side.

NEWYORKER: Miracle Polish

Four years ago, I came into office determined to renew our strength and prosperity here at home, but I also believed that in the global society of the 21st century, the dividing line between foreign and domestic policy was increasingly an artificial distinction.

CNN: Bill Clinton Speaks To A Meeting Of Newspaper Editors

When all three of them were at the clinic together, I turned to head back home, but Veata came out onto the deck and grabbed my elbow with her bony, birdlike fingers.

NEWYORKER: Swimming

His father, a strict disciplinarian, first placed his hopes in the oldest son, Reginald, but he had gone off to fight in World War I and came home incapacitated, one lung destroyed by mustard gas, leaving the family's future to Albert, who was twelve years younger but precociously eager.

CNN: Excerpt: 'The Prince of Tennessee: The Rise of Al Gore'

But my 15-year-old came home one day and asked who I was listening to.

CNN: Why Madonna still leads, others follow

When Bobby Kennedy came in '68, I was a high school Republican, but rushed home to brush my hair so it flipped across my forehead just like his.

NPR: In Rural Poverty Fight, Showing Up Is a First Step

"I thought this was the last stop of my career but regardless of the circumstances I came here to win a Championship ... and in February we came home Champions, " he said on Twitter.

WSJ: Wallace, Kruger highlight 1st day of free agency