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A Light In The Storm

By Joseph J. Mazzella on July 05, 2021 / 3,406 views

A series of massive thunder storms had battered our area recently. Heavy rains, high winds, hail, and lots of lightening had caused flash flooding, knocked down tree limbs and even toppled trees. I had spent the afternoon picking up branches out of my yard and tossing them away. Then just before I was getting ready to take my dogs for their last walk of the day the warnings came on my television and over my...

NHS Worker Returns To Ambulance To Find Gift

By NHS Worker on July 02, 2021 / 2,125 views

An NHS worker posted this photo to Twitter and said: "A busy 60-hour block of shifts this one. Came out of a house in Ainsdale to find this. Thank you." She added: "When we came outside, we found chocolate bars and drinks had been left on the step of the ambulance by one of her neighbours. It was a really thoughtful gesture, which goes a long way these days. Every act of...

An Elbow To The Eye

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 28, 2021 / 3,608 views

When I was a teenager I attended a six week summer learning program at a college. called Upward Bound and it helped disadvantaged kids get a taste of what college is like. We stayed in the dorms. In the morning we had college classes and the evenings were filled with fun activities. We did have a break in the afternoons, however. On one of these afternoons my friend, Claude and I found an old basketball and...

A Reminder From A Dog

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 22, 2021 / 4,540 views

It was a warm, sunny, Spring morning. I had just finished driving my son to the sheltered workshop which had just reopened after being closed on and off for over a year due to the Covid 19 pandemic. I was rushing back home, zipping along the mountain roads that I know so well, with a thousand thoughts on my mind, with a ton of wishes and worries bouncing around my brain. I wouldn’t say that I was...

An Afternoon With Dad

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 22, 2021 / 3,507 views

During the last few years of his life my Dad lived just up the road from me in a tiny home that used to belong to my Nana. He had been a widower for over 20 years by then losing my Mom when she was only 55 years old. His Mom, my Nana had recently passed away too. He was disabled and retired so he spent a lot of time alone. Several times a week, though, I would take a walk up to his house. We would...

Not A Random Act Of Kindness But One Of Love And Kindness No Less

By Zoe on June 21, 2021 / 2,660 views

We had a terrible weekend last weekend. Our 15 yo pet turtle died after a week of being at the vet’s. Fish we bought to make the tank less empty also died. And our 17 yo cat was in emergency vet care after stopping eating and drinking and we thought we’d have to euthanise her. Our beautiful friends who have 3 boys, the youngest is 3 months old, turn up at our place on a Friday afternoon with 2...

Every One Meet Ron, The Cool Security Guard!

By Janey on June 17, 2021 / 3,140 views

Since my chair can’t roll in the sand, I parked it at the edge. From there, Ron and another guard carried me through the sand to another chair. When his shift was over he came to talk with me for a little while. “You might have changed a few things around here!“ He told me about his conversation with one of the owners. He said after seeing them carry me...

Can't Take The Farm Out Of The Farmer!

By Carol on June 15, 2021 / 2,945 views

Went for a lovely drive through the countryside with my Dad today. We were on a remote stretch and noticed a sheep in difficulty. We jumped the fence, and discovered the ewe was having twins that were stuck coming out. Dad rolled up his sleeves, helped get them out, and revived the lamb that wasn’t doing so well. The owner will never know my dad was there to save the day! All in a day’s...

Speechless

By Nicoletta on June 15, 2021 / 3,366 views

Today I felt what it's like to receive a random act of kindness. I had placed an item for giveaway on Facebook Marketplace. The inundation of messages started & so I began combing through to find the beginning of them. The first message was from a lady named Vijayata, she was kind, she said good morning & proceeded to give me a suitable pick up window as I had requested in the ad. We...

Dad Received A Random Act Of Kindness

By Heather on June 15, 2021 / 2,414 views

Something very special happened today for my dad. He was the recipient of a random act of kindness. Dad will be 94 in September, he still goes down to the local shops to get his groceries etc. today whilst at our local supermarket he was ushered through the self serve checkout by staff who kindly offered to scan his items and pack them up etc for him. When it was time to pay he was told,...

Happy To Be Home Again

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 10, 2021 / 3,337 views

When I was a boy I had the craziest bus ride to school everyday. First I had to get up early, wolf down my breakfast, and walk across the rickety, wooden, swinging bridge that spanned the river between our house and the main road. Then I stood and waited for the bus to arrive. When it got there I climbed in. I was always one of the first ones on the bus. Then even though the bus was only 4 miles from school I...

Balancing Act

By Kay Heitsch on June 02, 2021 / 3,124 views

I put the sprinkling can in the car. I headed over to Lapeer to help my in-laws, and I thought I'd go up to the cemetery to water Todd's flowers when I finished. As I was ready to leave, my mother-in-law said, "I don't know why you're going to go and water the flowers when it's supposed to rain tonight." I knew she was right, but I headed for the cemetery anyway. As I...

Show Them Your Smile

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 02, 2021 / 3,040 views

If there is one thing I have missed the most during this last year of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been seeing other people’s smiles. When every face has a mask on it you may be safer in the health of your body but you start to feel sicker in the health of your soul. Over the months I have started to notice more the sparkle in the eyes, the lilt in the voice, and the gentle lifting of the mask when...

She's Doing The Best She Can

By Danni on June 01, 2021 / 3,001 views

So on Saturday night I went to a hotel for some needed recuperation from life. Got a massive discount for the hotel through a friend. She knew I was burnt out. Single mum. Works 70-90 hours a week. No break for 10 years. I went out for dinner. Drank too much wine. 9pm I went to the local bottle shop off a busy city street. I saw a mum and her 3 young kids. Gave her $10 to go get the kids some hot chocolate as...

S.O Esther

By Judith Maduhu on May 26, 2021 / 3,375 views

So the other day I went out to hand over my job application letter to a certain company. Before setting out I asked God to help me meet good people who will be kind to me all along. So I reached the place and at the entrance was greeted by a very charming lady who was the security officer there, I smiled at her and she smiled back, that was a huge relief to be honest. I told her why i was there, she said no...

More And More To Do

By Joseph J. Mazzella on May 26, 2021 / 3,076 views

When I was a boy we had a tiny 13" television set and an old antenna that brought in one channel clearly. I didn’t have to worry about the remote because I only had one choice of what to watch. Still, I would be in my chair when my cartoons came on. The one I liked the best was the Jetsons. It was a cartoon set in a future that was full of fantastic machines that could do anything. I always smiled...

Stranger Pays Vet Bill

By Emily on May 26, 2021 / 2,890 views

I just wanted to say thank you to the person who paid off my vet bill yesterday. So I had to take my dog to the vet for her allergy shot, it came to $230, well I’m still paying off her surgery from last year, the vet tech told me that I have a balance due of $200+ and I was like “oh ummm can I just pay for today’s visit?” she said “yeah, and you’ll just make monthly...