Cathy Free

Salt Lake City

Stories about humanity for Inspired Life, The Lily and Health.
Cathy Free is a former contributing editor for Reader's Digest and worked as a human interest correspondent for People Magazine before joining The Post as a regular contributor. She started her journalism career in high school as a copy clerk at The Salt Lake Tribune, where she became a feature writer and columnist. She has also worked as a daily local columnist for The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash. There is nothing she enjoys more than traveling on a road she's never been on to talk to somebody she's never met.
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Workers save turtles on migration path through dry-cleaning business

"We’re always looking at our feet because we don’t want to step on them,” said Jennifer Malon, assistant manager at Best Cleaners in Middletown, Conn.

July 11, 2023

His dog was gone when he awoke from a coma. A stranger helped reunite them.

“Here’s a guy in rehab, trying to get better and wanting desperately to see his dog again,” said Kim Joppie, who jumped into action to help.

July 8, 2023

Firefighters helped deliver a baby 18 years ago. Now he’s their intern.

"When you get a call like that, you don’t forget," said Kevin Faddis, an assistant chief with the Knoxville Fire Department.

June 28, 2023

A dog has retrieved 155 discs from woods. They’ll be on sale soon.

Unclaimed discs will go on sale, with proceeds going to the park in West Virginia where they were found near a disc golf course.

June 26, 2023

They got a hotel voucher in 1983 for their wedding. They’re using it Sunday.

Tim and Melinda O’Brien had forgotten about the lost voucher until they found it a few months before their 40th wedding anniversary

June 24, 2023

Nurse learns the baby she helped deliver 22 years ago is now her daughter-in-law

“I think that’s my mom," Tyler West told his then-fiancée as they looked through her baby photos, including one of a hospital delivery nurse.

June 16, 2023

His dog ran off after his wife died. A remarkable rescue ensued.

Five weeks after Riley ran away, a hiker found him in the mountains near Breckenridge, Colo., and carried the dog hours down the rocky terrain to his owner.

June 14, 2023

Use vinegar to make scratchy towels soft, and other life hacks from grandmas

Sit on a mascara tube to get a few more uses out of it, says one grandma. Wrap rubber bands on a hanger to stop clothes from slipping, says another.

June 9, 2023

A steer ran wild on a busy interstate. A cowboy with a lasso gave chase.

“Roping a cow in the middle of the freeway was definitely a first for all of us,” said cowboy Ricky Littlejohn, who returned the bovine to a sanctuary.

June 6, 2023

He inspired people to be stand-in parents at gay weddings. Now it’s his turn.

Daniel Blevins offered on TikTok to be a stand-in dad at gay weddings. He was flooded with replies from others who offered the same.

June 3, 2023