In This Time Of Sorrow - A Reflection

By Antonietta Gutierrez on December 31, 2015 / 4,568 views

It's that time of the week, I'm feeling inspirational so I am gonna post. I would like to thank all who read my short story The Importance OF BEING YOURSELF I didn't think there would be over 250 shares!!!. It warms my heart and it gives me hope. By just sharing through something as small as...

Respect

By Sonia Kaur on December 29, 2015 / 5,888 views

We want everybody to respect us, do we respect everyone around us??? Answer is a big NO! We don't respect whom we think better than us, we don't respect poor and old people, we don't respect whom we feel less better than us. So how can we earn respect? The easiest way to earn respect is by giving respect. Earning respect might be difficult but not impossible. Don't use bad language,...

Maybe A Detour?

By Sriya Sreeni on December 29, 2015 / 3,762 views

Aah well there can be times in life where all miracles that were meant for us seem pointless. We might feel everything around us as a mere scenario. We all have had times like that. At this point many questions can come to us , like about the incidents that were bittersweet. In the end we ll find out the reason of our temporary void existence . If a wind blows hard on a plant and it is the weak part...

Michelle's Story

By Christopher Meuse on December 29, 2015 / 4,994 views

A true story about the life of a father and his daughter as they journey through denial, lies and pain. A story about how the power of love keeps them strong through moments of weakness and fear. For many years I had a powerful relationship with what I thought was the healthy enjoyment of alcohol. I would find pleasure in the odd bottle of wine each week, thinking that it was a normal part of life....

Freedom: My Soul Mate

By Rich Patt on December 28, 2015 / 5,024 views

By Rich Patt on December 28, 2015 / 5,024 views

Freedom and I have been together 11 years this summer. She came in as a baby in 1998 with two broken wings. Her left wing doesn't open all the way even after surgery, it was broken in 4 places. She's my baby. When Freedom came in she could not stand and both wings were broken. She was emaciated and covered in lice. We made the decision to give her a chance at life, so I took her to the vets office....

Angel Smiles

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 28, 2015 / 4,070 views

When I was a boy growing up I made my guardian angel work overtime. It still amazes me that I survived it all. I climbed trees and jumped off rocks. I took long walks in the woods and nearly got lost more than once. I sledded down hills in Winter narrowly missing trees. I fell off our family’s wooden swinging bridge and ruptured myself. I rode my bike down hills at break neck speeds with no helmet and...

Shopping For Calendars

By Your Friend on December 28, 2015 / 3,562 views

Every year, usually sometime after boxing day my dad and I go to the calendar store. This year we went on boxing day. We ended up buying 5 calendars. The store had this deal on where you buy 2 calendars and get 1 free. The woman standing behind us was buying 1 calendar. My dad noticing this offered to pay for her calendar. She said no, confused at the kindness shown buy my dad whom she had never met. The woman...

Twas The Day After Christmas

By Kay on December 26, 2015 / 3,633 views

Twas the day after Christmas, and all through the house Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse. The cookies I'd nibbled, the eggnog I'd taste at the holiday parties had gone to my waist. When I got on the scales there arose such a number! When I walked to the store (less a walk than a lumber). I'd remember the marvelous meals I'd prepared;...

My Christmas Gift To You

By Jenny C.C on December 24, 2015 / 4,578 views

This happened last night; December 22,2015... I'm 17 and from Canada; so I went out for dinner with my cousin after picking up my sisters Christmas gift and while I was sitting there eating an old mans credit card kept on getting declined at the front and he wasn't able to pay and he was all alone so I went up to the cash and said I'll pay for your meal as a Christmas gift to you and he said...

Flip Or Philanthropy?

By Lenny Bazemore on December 24, 2015 / 3,929 views

They were my neighbors but so much more. Bill and Janice Henning were like my second parents. I was just five-years old when I met their son Curt. He was my very first friend and we are still close to this day. So when he asked me to buy the house he grew up in, the house across the street from where my Mother still lives, it was tough to say no. I had a beautiful childhood—filled with family,...

Conquer Your Negative Thoughts

By Analie, Den Den, Ayonon on December 24, 2015 / 5,653 views

There's no reason we could let ourselves unworthy. God's always watching how we generate little blessings to the best and proper ways. There once a story of my life. I'm such a person born with a negative mind. How I wish I could live same with others happy lifestyle. When I was a little I'd never felt the true happiness of life. I don't even know how to value myself. I'd...

The Best Christmas Gift

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 22, 2015 / 4,132 views

The best Christmas gift I ever got was both early and late. My first born child came into this world on December 16th, nine days before Christmas. He was supposed to be a Thanksgiving baby, however, so when my wife went into labor 3 weeks late he had to be delivered by an emergency Caesarean section. My first word when I saw him wasn't even a word but a sigh of relief, love, and joy. My early Christmas...

A Reminder

By Cade on December 22, 2015 / 5,271 views

After a long day at work I made a trip up to the local Walgreens in my neighborhood. As I got out of my car I noticed a guy with worn clothing, slouched over and he was taking the last drags off of his cigarette. I stopped off and asked if there was anything I could get him. Shocked he looked up and said "a roast beef sandwich if they have one?" They had everything but roast...

Giving Back

By Kay on December 22, 2015 / 2,137 views

My Mom came from a family of 14 children. Christmastime wasn't always the best. However, there was a man, who went out of his way, to make the day special. Over the years my Mom talked about how this guy would come out on Christmas and bring candy to her and her brothers and sisters. Mom never forgot his kindness. I believe because of the kindness shown to her at Christmastime Mom made it a...

Words Written On Sand And Stone

By C M Reddy on December 22, 2015 / 4,797 views

The story that is being narrated here, I have read from a website. It is interesting because the ways how we have to remember the deeds of other people in our life. One day two friends were walking through the desert. Somewhere in the middle of the journey, both got into serious argument, the result of which one of them could not resist his anger and slapped the other in the face. Really he was hurt...

Four Marks

By William Engel on December 22, 2015 / 3,634 views

I was living in Florida, staring into the mirror like I do every morning. I was looking at the four distinct marks in my shoulder, the marks of fingernails recently being pressed into my skin. These marks, what happened to create them, still make me stare a few seconds longer when I look out over an ocean, or into a fire. I loved these marks, I wish they were scars. I was in a large group of people...

Good Ol' Fashion Charity

By Jen on December 22, 2015 / 1,704 views

Surrounded by all the negativity in society these days, a single working mom's hope of a good man walking into her life and shaking her to her core is needless to say...non-existent. So, instead of waiting for one, I put all my energy into creating a good life for my son through working hard at the office and working hard at home to show him he is loved and what life is supposed to be growing up with...