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Mom Forms Unbreakable Bond With Her Son's Heart Recipient

By Christian Lail on October 16, 2018 / 2,956 views

The mother is Tiki Finlayson of Tennessee. Her son Kevin – nicknamed "Sunshine" – Yates died at the age of 25 when a drunk driver crashed head-on into his minivan. Tiki decided to honor him by donating his heart, liver, kidneys, pancreas, bones and tissue – saving 4 lives and healing many more. One of the people saved was Melvin Ellis, a minister in Alabama, who was brought back to...

Brothers From Another Mother

By Tom Parsons on October 16, 2018 / 2,758 views

Thanks to a DNA test I have a brother that I never knew about and he had no clue about me. For 45 years I had a brother out there crossing my path turn after turn. He not only gained 1 brother but an additional 6 other siblings! To add on to that he gained over 100 additional family members who are anxious to meet him. His niece and my son were best friends.... we didn't know each other, we bowled at the...

Costume Donation Drive Angel

By A Friend on October 15, 2018 / 2,507 views

A friend and I did a drive to collect costumes for the kids at the domestic violence shelter. We were camped out in front of Walmart and we'd ask people to grab a costume while they were inside and this was pretty effective. About halfway through our day, a van stopped in front of our table and a woman got out. She said she used to own a costume shop and slid open the van door. I'll never...

A Story About One Of The Most Amazing Women I Have Ever Met

By Amos on October 13, 2018 / 3,124 views

Her name is Lynne, I first met Lynne through an animal rescue my wife and I volunteer for, Lynne is the cat coordinator but also basically runs the rescue, her house is always full of cats in need of homes and she routinely does collections of food, picks up more cats in need etc this in itself is a full time job (all volunteered no payment) but that's not all, Lynne doesn't just foster animals she...

To The Gas Attendant That Gave Me $10 Of Gas When I Had No Money, Thank You

By A Friend on October 13, 2018 / 2,623 views

I volunteer/work for my local aquarium. Today I volunteered to help with our sick animals. My job today was to get a sad baby leopard shark to be happy again as he was having tummy problems (basically I massaged a shark all day). Because I was so wrapped up in this I left my Wallet an hour away at the aquarium. When I finally realized this after getting home, I hopped in my car and saw...

Dude Pays Me Back Way More After A Very Small Favor

By A Friend on October 10, 2018 / 3,790 views

When I was in college I worked at CVS, on move in day a guy came to buy batteries and was a couple dollars short. after trying to count out his change I told him not to worry about it and just take the batteries. I forgot about the whole thing almost instantly after it happened because it wasnt a big deal. a few days later the guy comes back in, waits in line to buy something and asks if I remembered him. He...

The Owner Of The Store I Work At Is Such A Great Guy

By Nella on October 10, 2018 / 3,092 views

Today, I needed to pay cash for some medication I absolutely cannot go without. (Prior authorization fun for a medication I've been on for 5 years. Insurance sees it as new...) I realized this morning I was $40 short and had no idea how I was gonna make it work. I went into work early to ask my boss to borrow the money until payday. (He has done this before for me). The owner of the store was there when I...

Kid Helps Me Find My Rolex

By Kyle on October 08, 2018 / 2,943 views

Some friends and I went hiking to a waterfall swimming hole today. We get out there and endure the initially very cold waters and climbing boulders to jump off of. We're having a great time and about an hour in I realize my watch has come off. I'm like oh shiiiiiiite! I start scanning the river bottom through the intermittent rays of good sunlight but after an another hour I'm starting...

Coffee Battle

By Pielo on October 08, 2018 / 3,565 views

Walked into Wawa (NJ) last week to get myself a cup of coffee before going into work. As I am pouring the cup from their dispenser I hear this loud lady saying hi to kids (I don't know how else to describe this but just louder then people normally talk or would expect). Anyway, aftering my cup I get in line and that lady and some older gentleman else were talking/discussing something...

Tomorrow Is Garbage Pickup Day In My Neighborhood

By Kalen Curtis on October 08, 2018 / 3,356 views

As a stay-at-home mom of three boys, I often have a hard time feeling like I am capable of having a meaningful impact outside of my family. So today I finally did something I knew I COULD do. I have taken my kids out for walks in the stroller many times, and the trash on the sidewalk and streets always catches my attention. This afternoon I did something about it. I tied a...

For What It's Worth...

By F Scott Fitzgerald on October 04, 2018 / 4,100 views

"For what it's worth... it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet...

Lie, If It Saves Someone's Life!

By Anjali Mohapatra on October 01, 2018 / 5,319 views

Once, a father and son were coming back from the hospital. On the way the son said, ‘Dad!’ ‘Yes,’ ‘Why did you lie to mom? You know that she is suffering from cancer. She was so happy listening your false story.’ ‘Doesn't matter. I tried to make her happy.’ ‘What?’ I wished her to...

This Is Chester

By A Friend on September 27, 2018 / 4,998 views

This is Chester. When I was in Afghanistan I got a care package from one of those 'Adopt a Soldier' programs that lets families send care packages to service men and women who are deployed overseas. Anyway, I got this care package, and it came with the usual stuff: Baby wipes, crackers, peanut butter, the Dad threw in a pack of cigarettes, and there was some jerky. But there was also a...

The Story Of My Growth Over One Year

By Furqan on September 26, 2018 / 3,893 views

Here's the story of my growth over the past year. If anyone is inspired by this, that's wonderful. I'd been stuck as this incredibly insecure, under-confident, fat sack and just scared individual for years and years and years. Since childhood I'd been stuck like this, and I'd just resigned to a life where I'd be afraid of everything and be this 'introvert' or...

A Romantic Lift

By Miiiiinx on September 26, 2018 / 3,966 views

10 years ago today, my husband attempted a romantic lift on the beach and we crashed into the ocean. After that, we left our private ceremony spot in Kauai and ate crappy fast food in soaking formal wear. Best wedding...

The Seasons Of Life

By Unknown on September 25, 2018 / 19,557 views

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn to not judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall. When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe...

Life's Small Surprises

By Gayathri.M on September 21, 2018 / 5,208 views

Eyes closed, she felt the cool breeze on her face as the car swept past the green pastures. The breeze felt refreshingly new and gave her a sense of newly defined freedom and happiness. The breeze suddenly came to a halt with the car stopping due to a bit of traffic created by the grazing of some cute lambs. Climbing out of the car in excitement, she realized she was in a new world, where her only companion...