Cabbage Patch Dolls

By Kay on December 16, 2015 / 2,727 views

Do you remember "Cabbage Patch" dolls? Years ago, especially at Christmas, those dolls were a big rage. It seemed like everyone wanted one and the stores could not keep them in stock. In order to get a doll people were given a "rain check" they could use when a new supply came in. Even though Bill, my husband was the General Store Manager of K-Mart I did not get any special...

The Crawling Man

By William Engel on December 16, 2015 / 3,721 views

My girlfriend (who is now my wife) and I were taking a hike one afternoon on a wet weekend; it had been raining a lot. We haven't hiked a lot before this, so we were tired from the beginning. I decided we should go up a simple mountain near where we lived, a place where families can be frequently spotted along the way. As we were ascending two girls on their way down looked at us and said "Watch out...

The End Is The Beginning

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 14, 2015 / 5,528 views

With Winter coming on I finally decided to replace the worn and torn blanket and quilt on my bed. Years of washing and dogs and cats jumping on them had left them threadbare and full of holes. I found a nice blanket cheap at a local store and dug an old quilt out of an older dresser in my room. When I looked at the quilt, though, I noticed that underneath the corner was a piece of tape with my Dad's name...

Christmas At The Gas Station

By Unknown on December 13, 2015 / 2,717 views

By Unknown on December 13, 2015 / 2,717 views

The old man sat in his gas station on a cold Christmas Eve. He hadn't been anywhere in years since his wife had passed away. It was just another day to him. He didn't hate Christmas, just couldn't find a reason to celebrate. He was sitting there looking at the snow that had been falling for the last hour and wondering what it was all about when the door opened and a homeless man stepped...

Make Patience Your Behaviour

By Sonia Kaur on December 13, 2015 / 4,878 views

I try to do my everything with little patience because I have realised that hurry converts small problems into bigger ones. Make patience your behaviour because everyday we come across my things, situations, persons which make us loose our temper very easily but once we keep patience we remain with peace. Everything in hurry only makes you heartbroken. Yesterday I have read in a book that...

Bitter And Sweet

By C M Reddy on December 11, 2015 / 5,118 views

Four days back there was an interesting incident occurred to remind me the fundamental truth about the human life in the airport. I was on fasting since it was Monday without having to eat anything & not to drink even a drop of water till the evening. I have gone to temple in the morning & had bananas from priest that were offered to the God. I kept carefully those two bananas wrapped up in a paper at...

I Learned Two Very Important Lessons That Day

By Neko on December 10, 2015 / 4,723 views

Way back in the day I was a hairsylist. Colors, cuts, all that jazz. It was a well known chain (that was anything but Fantastic!) so we usually had a lot of walk-in customers. People, in general, are normally pretty nice and friendly. Will engage you with small talk, which is all I did all day long, and are generally not too bad. Not this one lady though. When she came in it was weird. She was a...

This Teacher Enjoyed Failing Her Student Until One Day She Reads THIS In His File

By Sunny Skyz on December 09, 2015 / 4,505 views

By Sunny Skyz on December 09, 2015 / 4,505 views

Stories like this, always have a way of putting the right perspective on life. Jean Thompson stood in front of her fifth-grade class on the very first day of school in the fall and told the children a lie. Like most teachers, she looked at her pupils and said that she loved them all the same, that she would treat them all alike. And that was impossible because there in front of her, slumped in his...

I'm Just Me

By Andrew Lester Baron on December 09, 2015 / 4,119 views

Hi there! I'm Andrew Lester Baron but you can call me drew or an. I'm from Philippines. I'm glad I can share my life story here. Enjoy reading and I hope it will inspire you to do great things you will never expect to happen. When I was five year old I was far away from my parents. I was just being raised by my aunt, uncle, grandma and with my sisters. Everyone else around me says that I...

Make Good Memories

By Kay on December 09, 2015 / 3,711 views

My husband Bill's Grandma Z. was in a nursing home when we moved back to Michigan. Grandma had been unable to walk for quite some time; now her eye sight was almost gone. Over the years Grandma Z. and I had exchanged many cards and letters. I knew how she enjoyed staying in touch with people. Since I'd come back to Michigan, Grandma Z. thought I should be her "personal...

Tending Your Fire

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 08, 2015 / 3,838 views

When I was a boy every summer I would spend a wonderful week at 4-H camp. It was always so much fun. Delicious meals were served in the dining hall three times a day. There were fun classes to go to in the morning and sports and swimming in the afternoon. There was a friendly competition between the four tribes for the spirit stick all through the week. And there were long nights spent lying awake, laughing,...

I Wasn't

By Ana Fe Sibor on December 08, 2015 / 4,006 views

I wasn't that child that you will say; she's going to excel in this. I wasn't that kind of a person who got the best records and grades while I was on school, I wasn't that girl who's on the first section. I'll tell you who I was back then. I am that child who dream and aim big, I am that girl who have a bigger vision that sometimes scares me, I am that girl who close her eyes and see...

Fran's Silent Night

By Kay on December 07, 2015 / 2,071 views

I will never hear "Silent Night" and not think of Fran*. No matter where Fran was you could always hear her humming the first two bars of "Silent Night." To be honest, this constant humming of only the first two bars of this beautiful carol, could be quite annoying. Knowing that Fran had Alzheimer's helped me forgive her repetitive humming. However, the other patients living at the...

The Naked Truth

By Amanda Chouinard on December 07, 2015 / 1,551 views

Have you ever walked by someone, and felt a twinge of insecurity or jealousy? You look at them and believe their looks or life is better than yours? Just remember, looks can be deceiving! Perhaps you snubbed them believing you are better than them physically or financially? My story starts 18 years ago. While growing up, I loved fashion and modelling. I had the dream to be a fashion designer. Those...

Love Unconditionally

By C M Reddy on December 06, 2015 / 1,481 views

Sometimes it is very difficult to turn others toward us whom we love more than anything in this world. We crave for their attention & love, but they can't reciprocate as we do. We can earn money, have a palatial house to live in, get all the fabulous material things in the world and lead a luxurious lifestyle by our talent, discipline and hard work but we cannot make others to love us in the...

Christmas Prayer

By Kay on December 06, 2015 / 4,102 views

As we slowly drove down the street on that cold December evening we spotted the porch light. "This must be the house." I told our "Positive Teens In Action" group. We pulled up in front of an older home with the porch light glowing. We gathered up our song books, walked up the steps, and knocked on the door. We heard a faint voice from inside say, “Come on in....

Be A Person Of Your Own Choice

By Sonia Kaur on December 06, 2015 / 5,098 views

We are living because we want to live. We have right to be respected, we have right to be loved because we are a human being. The most important person in your life is you yourself. Be courageous to accept yourself and move forward in your life. Don't forget your own self for others. Life asks adjustments, compromises and sacrifices and everybody has to make it but life doesn't ask to forget...