I Always Say I Love You...

By A Friend on January 25, 2020 / 223 views

...to my son, to my cat, and then to myself. When we are all laying in bed, I'll look at my son and tell him I love him. Then I'll look at the cat and figure I should tell her I love her too. Then I think that I am also in the room, and I would love to hear that I love myself too. Every time, it feels simple and accepting. And it's probably a great example for my...

What You Pass On

By Joseph J. Mazzella on January 22, 2020 / 629 views

I was lying on my back this morning doing a few light exercises hoping to coax a little more energy into my aging body to face another day. As I was doing them, however, my eyes and mind started to wander. I looked up at an old picture of me and my children back when they were only three, six, and eight years old. It must have been taken almost 25 years ago, yet it still seemed like yesterday. I noticed...

Fell In Love With My Husband Again Today

By A Friend on January 22, 2020 / 438 views

We both had jury duty at the same court house but on different floors. My floor had the room where you first report and where you get your paperwork after being excused. I was sitting in the hallway waiting around and looking at my phone when the elevator opened and a bunch of excused jurors got off. I looked up, absentmindedly glancing at random faces, when I saw my husband. He stepped out of the...

Do You Know Why?

By Kay Heitsch on January 16, 2020 / 758 views

I can not tell you the shock I felt when my husband Bill told me he was thinking about driving an 18 wheeler across the country. For all of our married life, Bill had worn a suit or a sport coat with a shirt and tie to work. Bill even had training in the Twin Towers in New York City. My first response to this truck driving excursion was, "You don't even know how to drive a truck!"...

Happy Early Birthday

By A Friend on January 16, 2020 / 559 views

By A Friend on January 16, 2020 / 559 views

I was at Trader Joe’s buying wine and cookies, the cashier ID’s me and sees it’s my birthday tomorrow. He disappears suddenly and comes back with these, says "Happy early birthday." Probably the most unexpected, sweetest thing someone’s done for...

Lucky Me!

By Zoe on January 15, 2020 / 869 views

In fifth grade, my backpack was stolen from my dad's car. It had my binder with all my school stuff in it and a few other personal valuables. it had notebooks with stories in them I have been working on for quite a while. One morning my dad came and woke me up to tell me that his car was broken into and my backpack was stolen. I was heartbroken. I cried for about an hour. My dad...

I've Been Waiting For You

By Kay Heitsch on January 15, 2020 / 639 views

If you're like me, most of your days are uneventful. I never expected when I went to South Broadway Nursing Home, for my weekly visit, that this night would be any different. Boy, was I wrong! I walked into the nursing home that evening at 7:00. As always, I had my basket full of candy for the residents and the staff. Each evening I would start by leaving my coat and purse in Bertha's room....

Santa Hats

By A Friend on January 14, 2020 / 603 views

By A Friend on January 14, 2020 / 603 views

I saw this guy at Wal-Mart buying ALL of their remaining Santa hats, when I asked what he was buying them for he said "I do this every year after Christmas and donate them to children's hospitals for next...

Special Needs

By Joseph J. Mazzella on January 08, 2020 / 1,033 views

My two sons are all grown up now. They are 32 and 27 years old this year. Yet they both still have the minds of children. Autism has limited their intellectual growth over the years and they still need to be looked after 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When I was a boy the term used for people like my sons was Mentally Retarded. By the time I was an adult the term had switched to Mentally Handicapped. Later...

My Dad Just Sent Me $10,000

By A Friend on January 03, 2020 / 1,257 views

Growing up I’ve always been very independent. I’ve never asked for my parents for money or help, and I’ve always lived a pretty secluded life from them. We’re close, but not in a “I’m going to tell you every detail of my life” way. A little back ground: I moved out at 17, went to university, and dropped out in my third year. I married my long term boyfriend,...

Flabby

By Kay Heitsch on January 03, 2020 / 904 views

My husband Bill's Grandma Z was quite a character. Over the years we grew very close and I was actually with her when she died. In Grandma Z's later years she lived in a nursing home. Her eyesight was almost gone and she spent most of her day in a wheelchair. For the most part, her mind was sharp until the end of her life at age 101. We lived out of state for several years and...

Walking Through Life

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 31, 2019 / 1,599 views

It was a day in late December. The Christmas tree had been taken down. The lights and decorations had been boxed up and put in the closet until next year. And I was feeling a little blue. I sure wasn’t looking forward to the long, cold, dark Winter to come. I had always been a light lover on the inside. I tried to take comfort in knowing that a few more minutes of daylight was being added each day, but I...

The Waving Walker

By Kay Heitsch on December 30, 2019 / 1,199 views

Years ago, back in the middle 1970s, my friend, Art, used to see a young man about 16 years of age and a large dog walking along the road. When cars would pass him on the other side, he made eye contact and waved. Art saw him almost daily, walking along the road waving at cars. One rainy day Art saw him and pulled over. He asked if he could use a ride. The young man said, "I'm not really...

'Discovering Faith, True Beauty And Confidence' During And After Cancer

By Karen Rice on December 30, 2019 / 610 views

Without questioning, when going through a serious illness, you learn to know what faith truly is, along with finding the true meaning of beauty and how you really feel about yourself. I know this all too well, because I've experienced many trials and tribulations in my life. Through it all, I gain strength that I never knew I had, and much more confidence in myself, which lead me to loving myself all over...

Getting Involved And Making A Huge Difference In A Family's Life

By Neil Cervenka on December 29, 2019 / 748 views

By Neil Cervenka on December 29, 2019 / 748 views

Last year I worked patrol on Christmas Eve and I came across these two (and their 3 kids) who were living in a vehicle at a park. A huge storm was rolling in and they needed a miracle. Letters To Santa Charity (LTS) came in like Santa himself. With only a simple text to the board (Justin Crone, Aileen Crone, Betty Julian, Sargon Eddy, Megan Bruce, and Nick Bashaw), elves went to...

Let Me Be A Blessing To Others ... As Santa

By Patti Everroad on December 23, 2019 / 1,021 views

Right before Thanksgiving of 2019 I put on Facebook this message .. "Lord please make me a blessing to others as Santa". A week later as we were preparing for this year's Santa visits with my Mrs. Claus basket that I carry with candy, pencils and candy canes, when I discovered some letters that I thought was from kids. Every Christmas children will bring us letters to Santa and usually...

We Are Worthy

By Vance R. G. Angel on December 23, 2019 / 1,019 views

I wouldn't say I'm particularly rich by societies standards, but on the front of wealth measured by experience and valuable lessons, I would consider myself very wealthy. On another hand I would rather say "grateful". I have almost completely lost interest in exploring for what I can see, and I have discovered far more beauty lying beneath the surface of the people all around me....