The Porch Light That Never Goes Out

In 2018, a story circulated about Willa Mae Johnson of Tupelo, Mississippi, who kept her porch light burning every single night for eleven years. Her grandson Marcus had enlisted in the Marines and deployed overseas. Before he left, she told him, "When you come home, the light will be on. You just come right in." Neighbors watched that bulb glow through ice storms, humid summers, and power outages — Willa Mae had rigged it to a backup battery.…