Learning A Lesson

By A Friend on February 18, 2019 / 353 views

I was at a Barnes and Nobles with my husband and kids. My oldest is 13 and he decided to sit in the magazine section to read some books. I noticed some homeless guys in that area but they seemed pretty harmless and didn't seem to be bothering anyone. When we were checking out to buy some books I saw one of them coming up to us and thought to myself 'here goes, he is going to ask for some...

Inspirational

By Milton Delgado on February 17, 2019 / 364 views

I hadn't fallen asleep (so I thought) on this particular night when suddenly, I was thrust-ed into a very bright light moving at great neck speed. It seemed I was in some kind of miniature Space Capsule. I noticed there was no instrument panel, crew, or pilot aboard. I wondered: “Who or what is powering this spacecraft?” It was quite surreal! I thought: “What is this? where am I? and...

Dogs

By Joseph J. Mazzella on February 14, 2019 / 914 views

My family doesn't own a camera anymore. My daughter takes all of our pictures with her smart phone. Knowing that her Dad is still "old school" she will from time to time run off prints of these pictures and let my son put them in an old fashioned photo album. They made me one just the other day. As I was looking through it, however, I noticed something. Far outnumbering the pictures of me, my...

Blessed

By Beena Joshi on February 12, 2019 / 927 views

Have you ever found yourself cribbing about having a busy life? Feeling tired of waiting for a lift for so long because you don't want to take stairs? Felt so lazy that you didn't want to go to work/school/college? Or even feeling so exhausted that you wished for a break where you could just lie down on the bed all day and not worry about work/studies? If someone had asked me these questions...

Winning The Neighbor Lottery During Stormageddon

By Lady RJ on February 12, 2019 / 566 views

It was supposed to be the storm of the decade and it lived up to it's namesake. Every house on our street was knee deep in snow and we live on a hill so no one could go anywhere. As I'm having my coffee, thinking about what I'm going to do indoors with the kiddos, and looking out the window, I see a man on my porch. My neighbor is shoveling my the steps and the walkway clear...

True Passions

By Jonah Hill on February 12, 2019 / 572 views

If you're doing something because you're imagining what people will think when they see you doing it, you're not doing it for the right reason. It's the things you do, even though you might get made fun of by those you fear seeing you do it, that define your true passions. Pursue the things that scare you even though you might "embarrass" yourself. The...

Last Words From My Dad

By A Friend on February 12, 2019 / 679 views

My Dad died in November. He was an ER doc, a Stephen Minister, a street art/graffiti artist, a college professor, a cancer researcher, a bee keeper, and a cookbook author. He was a former US Marine, a book club leader, a community organizer, and even though he could afford a new car, drove an old 1992 5-speed Honda with 200k+ miles on it, just because he liked it. He was the father of five,...

911 Dispatcher Receives Some Help Instead Of Giving It

By A Friend on February 11, 2019 / 742 views

I am a 911 dispatcher. I take emergency calls, offer emergency medical instruction until EMS arrives, and dispatch units to calls as well. I've been doing it for about four years, and I've heard some of the worst things you can imagine. It takes a toll on you, mentally and emotionally. Usually, I'm pretty good at dealing with the aftermath but today I'm on a mandatory 16 hour shift...

Tried Sign Language With A Deaf Guest And Now I'm Crying

By A Friend on February 11, 2019 / 626 views

I work as the reception manager at my hotel. A booking came in a few weeks ago with a note attached that the guest will be travelling with their deaf father. Just so that we would be aware when dealing with them when they arrived as they were here for a number of days and his daughter wanted to make his trip to Ireland as smooth as possible. Upon seeing this note and noting I would be the...

Dinner Is On Me!

By Ryan on February 07, 2019 / 1,551 views

A few years ago I had just gone through a long and difficult divorce. I was finally able to take my 9 month old daughter out (not just visit at mom's) with me and my 4 year old daughter. Al beit for limited times. On my way home from work I had picked up the girls from daycare. We stopped at the grocery story to grab something to cook for dinner. My time was limited, as they had to be returned to mom's...

A Moment Of Kindness!

By Anjali Mohapatra on February 07, 2019 / 1,293 views

Once, a lioness with her cub were moving around in the jungle searching for their prey. While coming out from the den, the baby asked her mother, 'Mother, why we are going out for prey when a deer is already at home? Let us eat it first, then we can search for the next.' The mother smiled and licked her child with love and said, 'No, my love! We can't eat particularly that deer...

She's One In A Million!

By Gayathri.M on February 07, 2019 / 813 views

As she looked into that cute face with the devilishly lit up eyes and impish grin that stretched wide across her face, she realized another adventure was in due! From baking cakes to bedtime stories, our grandma will always be our constant companion! Every moment spent with her is a pleasure and form beautiful memories to be cherished for the future. She is our savior while facing our angry mom, the...

A Bit Of Warmth

By Joseph J. Mazzella on February 05, 2019 / 1,329 views

It was a morning in January. The jet stream had dipped down causing the arctic cold to reach the mountains of my home. It was only 2 degrees outside but the wind chill made it feel like it was 15 below zero. Still, I was kneeling in the snow along side of my house trying to open a tiny door so I could get underneath it. I had forgotten to leave my water dripping the night before and now my water pipes were...

Spontaneous Singing Made Me Daughters Day!

By A Friend on February 05, 2019 / 677 views

Todays is my daughters 5th birthday so the family went to a Churro Cafe for a birthday treat. She walked in rocking her birthday crown full of glitter and her name on it that she made at school. A group of teenagers saw her and starting singing "Happy Birthday". Her face just lit up in excitement. Then other tables joined in. By the time the short song was over almost everyone...

Have It Your Way

By Jay Abington on February 02, 2019 / 1,230 views

I think one of the hardest things for me to do was take my little Jamie to her first few days of day care/preschool. Man it was a hart melting thing that no parent can do easily. The first day we pulled into the parking lot and when I looked at Jamie she starts to cry than I start to cry. As I put the truck in reverse I tell her ya know squirt one good thing about being grown up is we can do what we...

A Doctor's Act Of Kindness

By A Friend on February 02, 2019 / 1,551 views

Tuesday morning my 5 year old woke up and his eye was extremely swollen and red. Like really bad. I took him to urgent care up the road and after being examined the doctor, she was very concerned. They prescribed antibiotics but said I needed to take him to the ophthalmologist right away. The one in my town didn’t have any same day appointments but they were able to get me into one about 45...

Cashier Looking Out For A Regular

By Cord on February 02, 2019 / 931 views

I go to the same gas station everyday after work for beer and burritos. Today when I asked for my burritos the guy said "they're hot. I knew you'd be here so I made a fresh batch" and that's the most thoughtful thing anyone's done for me in...