Snow Man

By A Friend on January 14, 2019 / 5,024 views

I live in an area that recently got a good amount of snow. Here I am, sitting on my couch watching YouTube when I get a knock on my door. Expecting an Amazon package, I look out the window but I don’t see a delivery vehicle. I’m not dressed to answer the door so I scramble to get dressed and answer the door. Standing outside is a man with a heavy coat, gloves, and a hat and he asks me...

It's Always Darkest Before The Dawn

By Chloe on January 11, 2019 / 4,448 views

By Chloe on January 11, 2019 / 4,448 views

3 years ago today I was taken into a psychiatric ward for the 1st time. I was lost, hopeless, consumed by the idea of ending my life. Today I walk into a psychiatric ward as a student mental health nurse for my first day of placement. Things change, they don't stay hard forever...

Learning ASL For A Stranger On The Train

By Wayne on January 10, 2019 / 4,442 views

This is a comment on a YouTube video tutorial for learning American Sign Language. "There is a guy who i see on my train every morning, he always sits alone, never speaks to anyone and never listens to music. around 8 days ago i noticed he was facetiming a friend and using signs. after he hung up he looked so sad, i tried to ask him if he was ok, but we could understand each-other. so...

Thankful Grains

By Rudolph Valentino on January 09, 2019 / 3,492 views

I remember ripping the bag open so badly, and so wrong, and not wanting to get caught by my mother, or my siblings. Whoever did that to the cereal bags in my home, didn't stop hearing that they ruined it, till the bag was finished. Some fell to the ground, kitchen sink, our dogs even sometimes got lucky with a few pieces of cereal in their bowls. Just when you think all that mess is done, you...

Throwing Snowballs

By Joseph J. Mazzella on January 07, 2019 / 4,624 views

Whoosh! A snowball zoomed past my head. I bent over a snowdrift and packed one myself to throw back as quickly as I could. I stood up and took aim. Wham! Another snowball crashed into my skull sending me stumbling into the snowdrift. I could feel my feet slipping on the ice beneath them and suddenly found myself buried face first in the wet, heavy snow. It was a mid-winter's day. My Mom had...

I'm Doing It

By MJ on January 05, 2019 / 4,177 views

Three years ago, my ex-husband threw me out of our home with nothing but a duffle bag with a change of clothes and a plane ticket to my home state. His reasoning was because I was mentally ill and he was "tired of trying to fix me". I was homeless for a year before I found a home in a group home for the mentally ill. I spent a year and a half there before I moved into a supervised apartment. In...

My Office Gave Me A Christmas Miracle

By A Friend on January 05, 2019 / 3,459 views

I have been struggling as a single mom for a while. I got sober almost two years ago after a short relapse following 5 years of sobriety. I got a new job as an office manager for a real estate office almost 7 months ago and I love my job. I go there and give 110% every day. Things had been going well until a couple months ago. My kids' dad disappeared. Ended up going down a bad path of drugs...

Finding My Father Who Disappeared 64 Years Ago

By Rex Beach on January 02, 2019 / 4,475 views

When my parents separated in 1954 I was only 2 years old and I never saw my father again. My mother and her family kept information about my father and his family a secret from me for over half a century. In 2010 I began to search for my father through Ancestry.Com. However I learned he had died of cancer on August 6, 1999 in a hospital in Dallas, Texas. When I got my father's death...

Christopher Robin

By Rosinna Black on January 02, 2019 / 3,433 views

I lost my husband just over 2 years ago. He was older than me but gave me security and love for my two young children, after I had been through a horrendous marriage and divorce. We bought a thatched cottage, something we discovered we both had dreamt of. The name of the cottage was Christopher Robin, not after "Winnie the Pooh". We lived there for 25 years...

To Those Who Helped My Family In New Mexico

By A Friend on December 31, 2018 / 2,966 views

My family lives in Las Vegas, where I can barely remember the last time it snowed. We also didn't get the names of the men who helped us. In my parents BMW (my mom got a great deal on it) we had been driving to Albuquerque, New Mexico from Texas after a week of visiting family and friends after 15 years of not seeing them. On the road, we had begun to notice snow flurries and soon, as we got...

Sweet Seasons

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 27, 2018 / 4,507 views

Beep! Beep! Beep! I rolled over and turned off my alarm clock. It was still dark outside so I felt my way to the wall switch and turned on the light. I got dressed quickly because I knew both of my dogs would be eager to get outside for their morning walk. I reached over to grab a coat and stopped. It was technically still Fall but the weather here in the Appalachian mountains of my home didn't follow a...

HUGE Shootout To The Guy Who Paid For My Gas

By A Friend on December 27, 2018 / 3,353 views

I feel like I should tell you my entire life story and everything that happened in the last two months to completely understand how just amazing this is to me. But I won't, after my card got declined, I called my dad, who took the phone away from his face and cussed and yelled. I kept my cool in the gas station. This went on for a bit, causing everyone to look at me, I smiled and acted like I had...

Be Your Own Hero

By A Friend on December 24, 2018 / 4,367 views

Once you decide to do something, be unstoppable. Be your own hero. Think clearly and carefully before making a calculated decision and react accordingly. Always act cautious and levelheaded. Do not let your emotions get the better of your behavior. You've got this. Every day you're better than the next. Every day, you're the greatest version of...

Wait For Your Meal And Relax

By A Friend on December 24, 2018 / 6,775 views

I walked into a restaurant and after going the menu, I ordered some food. After about 20 minutes a group of guys and ladies walked in and ordered theirs. To my dismay, these folks got served first. I watched as they began to eat and laugh heartily. I even overhead one of them bragging about how he's connected to everyone in the hotel and I felt mocked. I decided to leave. Unable to...

Hey, You. Keep Fighting

By J-E-S on December 24, 2018 / 3,754 views

I know it's hard. I understand. You hate yourself. You're tired of looking at yourself in the mirror and not seeing a different person. You don't feel attractive. You hide yourself from the world. You care too much about what other people think about you. You look at other people and wish you were them. You want to change,...

Afraid To Sing

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 24, 2018 / 3,760 views

It was the day after Thanksgiving. I wanted to take it easy and nap off the extra turkey I had eaten the day before, but my son wanted to put up the Christmas tree. To him the day after Thanksgiving always meant the beginning of Christmas. He had struggled with Autism all of his life and having a set schedule always made him feel more comfortable. I agreed then to get our tree and decorations out while he put...

We All Need To Lean On Something Or Someone At Times

By Beth on December 20, 2018 / 3,453 views

After posting my pay-it-forward story from Trader Joe's, my friend sent me this. I was in Trader Joe's yesterday hobbling around with a cane (having just had some surgery on my leg) and ended up with too much stuff in my little hand carry basket. I was really struggling. A woman came up to me who had a wheeled cart and said, "I have a lot less then you - let's...