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A Simple Smile Is More Special Than You Think

By A Friend on May 29, 2025 / 1,247 views

I just passed a man while walking in the park and turned back to give him a (somewhat cursory, I thought) smile and hello. After a moment, he said to me that I was the only person who looked at him with a smile—that everyone else looked at him with a mean or blank expression. I thought it was pretty remarkable how my simple smile made such an impression. It caught me off guard. I...

Our Cleaning Lady Baked This Cake For Our Daughter’s 4th Birthday

By Tesat on May 29, 2025 / 892 views

Our cleaning lady baked this cake for our daughter’s 4th birthday without us asking A homemade round birthday cake decorated with an image of Disney’s Elsa from Frozen on top and blue and white frosting, featuring her name (which I blurred for privacy reasons) and the number 4. We were honestly speechless this morning. She wasn’t expecting anything at all. We...

I’m A First Time College Student At 50 Yrs Old!

By David on May 28, 2025 / 619 views

I decided to skip college after high school as I was more interested in dr*gs, art, travel, and music. 30 plus years, 3 ex wives and raising 26 year old twins, I’ve decided to start a whole new chapter and get out of retail grocery as a career. Seemed like the perfect time in my life and now that community college is free for most folks in MA, I’d be silly to not give it a...

Eternally Young

By Joseph J. Mazzella on May 27, 2025 / 887 views

My family and I had stopped to eat at a fast food place before we went grocery shopping the other day. I had my daughter order while I went to the restroom. When I got back she told me the amount and I went to the counter to pay. The cashier asked for less than what she had said and I paid him. When I got back to our table my daughter laughed and pointed to the receipt. I had gotten a “senior...

Saved In The Bathroom By A Stranger While Out Of State

By Magstarunner on May 26, 2025 / 1,173 views

I was in a different state with my youngest son for a hockey tournament. My husband called me between games distraught: our best college friend was suddenly in the hospital and it didn’t look good. I tried to comfort my husband, then went back in and watch the last game. I didn’t really know the other parents, so I didn’t have anyone to tell. The kids won their last game and won the...

Grocery Store Clerk Gave Us Expensive Mylar Balloons For Husband In Long Term Hospital Stay

By A Friend on May 24, 2025 / 1,153 views

I was decorating my husband’s hospital room with string lights, balloons, and drawings of our pets to cheer him up. He was stuck in the hospital for so long, it really helped and the doctors/nurses liked the cheery room too. I had been changing out balloons for the holidays/events. Thanksgiving, Christmas, new years, birthday, anniversary…anyway in the middle of this, I was buying some...

My Airport Heroes

By Pam M. on May 23, 2025 / 3,208 views

On May 19, 2025, I had the pleasure of meeting two football players from North Carolina Central University in the Philadelphia, PA airport as we were all headed back to Raleigh, NC. To protect their privacy, I will use only the initials of their first names – L and N. They politely asked if they could sit beside me in the airport and I said yes, that I would welcome strong young men sitting...

Don't Tell Your Mother About This

By A Friend on May 22, 2025 / 1,270 views

We came across this gem on a forum where someone asked, “In honor of Father’s Day, what was your ‘don’t tell your mother about this’ moment?”—and we knew it had to be shared here: "Female coworker of mine was miserable at work one day. I asked her what was wrong...she told me it was her anniversary, and she knew her husband had forgotten. She had...

People Who Do Things Just To Brighten Someone’s Day Are The Best

By A Friend on May 21, 2025 / 1,605 views

I checked in to my hotel and joked with the check-in lady that as long as my room had a bowl of M&M’s with all the blue ones removed, everything would be great. She laughed and told me about some other crazy guest request. 20 minutes later there was a knock on my door and she handed me this...

I’m So Thankful For My Parents’ Neighbors For This Random Act Of Kindness

By A Friend on May 20, 2025 / 1,443 views

My dad has cancer. He’s 72 and didn’t want a lot of invasive surgeries and treatments, so he isn’t treating it. He isn’t in much pain and has a hospice nurse who comes by a few times a week, so overall he’s doing ok. However, his breathing isn’t great and obviously he’s pretty tired. My mom is 64 and is pretty healthy, but she’s also a Type-1 diabetic. They are...

Giving Feedback And The Difference It Can Make

By A Friend on May 19, 2025 / 1,359 views

Earlier this week, I was at the grocery store and while checking out, the manager—a young goth woman with a nose ring—was helping the cashier with the register when another employee came up to her. His moms car had broken down, leaving her stranded, would it be alright if he left to get her? “Go!” She told him without hesitation. “Go help your mom.” It was too busy for me to...

A Sweet Physical Therapist Made Me Feel Very Seen And Heard

By Grace on May 17, 2025 / 1,367 views

Yesterday, I went to a physical therapy consultation I kept trying to talk myself out of. I finally mustered the courage to show up. When I got there I was informed my insurance coverage wasn't what I expected and physical therapy would be pricey to cover. I tried to cancel and they told me not to leave and got the office manager and physical therapist involved. They worked out a payment plan...

A Rich Life

By Joseph J. Mazzella on May 16, 2025 / 1,684 views

I grew up “poor” here in the mountains of my home. Now we always had more than enough to eat. We always had clothes on our backs. We always had a home except for a few days when my Nana’s house that I first lived in burned down. We always were rich in love, laughter, and joy. Society, however, kept showing me just how “poor” we were. Commercials, television shows, and...

The Power Of A Strawberry Filled Chocolate, Even Now

By King_JB_09 on May 15, 2025 / 1,414 views

About 12 years ago, I was at a (children's) hospital. I was born with a heart defect, and I had to go in for a heart catheterisation. The plan was a 3-day stay. Day with tests, day of the procedure, day of observation. While walking between tests on the first day I spotted a poster for a chocolaterie workshop, where you could make your own filled chocolate. However, this workshop was during my...

Mother's Day

By A Friend on May 15, 2025 / 1,081 views

On Mother’s Day - as a single Mum to a young adult with high support needs disabilities - it’s usually a day that passes by without much thought. This year my sister who lives interstate organised a beautiful flower delivery, my brother who lives in the city sent a card, but the most beautiful surprise was delivered to my front door. A former workmate had dropped off a bag of lovely...

Thank You Burger King Dude I Really Needed That Today

By IcyStrawberry911 on May 14, 2025 / 1,571 views

To the guy working the drive thru at the Burger King in Stillwater, Oklahoma - thank you. I came through the drive-thru this evening and I was bawling. Like ugly cry bawling. When we got to the window you offered me a crown. I'm old as dirt and you offered me a crown. My boyfriend was driving the car, but you looked at me and offered me a crown. This has been one of the...

Finding Joy In The Storm: A Mother's Story Of Faith Through Unthinkable Trials

By Katelyn on May 13, 2025 / 2,591 views

So often in life we ask the question, “Why?” Why me? Why them? Why now? Why like this? It’s a question I’ve asked many times. And sometimes, I catch myself asking God why. But then He gently reminds me of all the times He’s carried me through the impossible—through the pain I thought would break me, through seasons I never thought...