Between Then And Now

By Fiah Lisondra on July 20, 2015 / 5,162 views

The past. Probably the one place I dreaded to go. One: it does not always offer the best memories. Two: regrets and broken promises. Three: it cannot be undone. Every time I am confronted with it, always I feel my heart begins to skip a beat, a lot of thoughts starting to creep in and they are not always pleasant. Such a negative approach to something that is very much a part of me. After scanning...

The Little Things Matter

By Jay Abington on July 20, 2015 / 6,180 views

About 3 weeks ago I went into a wells Fargo bank to deposit a couple hundred dollars in my daughters account. Jamie sent me a text with her account number on it a few weeks prior so i get out my phone and realize i don't have my glasses so I asked the young lady helping me if she wouldn't mind scrolling back through her text till she found it. She said sure I can have a look. So she is going through...

Grief

By Sonia Kaur on July 20, 2015 / 3,837 views

Grief is an essential part of life. Grief is a jeweler who searches diamond within us. Without grief you will not value happiness. Grief helps us value our relations. During hard times we come to know real love of dear ones. Why God gives us grief - because it is necessary to understand one own self and life. When we come into this world we all have made a promise with God to remember him but after...

Appreciate What You Have

By Adede Owalla on July 20, 2015 / 5,114 views

Walking clumsily towards the Mortuary that was built some few distance from the hospital wards towards the Doctors' quarters, Nyakundi seemed not to be himself and as psychological counselors would put it, His soul, conscience and mind had divorced his body. His knees and ankles developed numbness and general fatigue and he was looking tired, hungry and exhausted. From the look of things, he had been...

Love Has No Limits

By Vivian D. Lewis on July 20, 2015 / 5,299 views

The weather was cold and the skies were gray, I drove down a long narrow road with Boris, my old high school buddy. He lived alone in a wooded area with no neighbors within close distance. I could not understand why he lived in a secluded area when he was an outgoing person and loved being with people all the time. He was the star of the group and treated everybody with kindness, no conditions...

Plant A Few Flowers

By Joseph J. Mazzella on July 17, 2015 / 6,446 views

In this hectic, crazy, mixed-up world that we live in there is an old saying that reminds us to "Take the time to stop and smell the flowers." I think that we should also take the time to plant a few as well. My old, Italian Grandmother knew just how to do that. Nana always filled her porches with hanging, potted plants overflowing with flowers. She nurtured them with soil, love, and water...

We Are Mothers

By December Mcintyre on July 17, 2015 / 2,530 views

By December Mcintyre on July 17, 2015 / 2,530 views

We are the women with heavy eyelids, hectic homes, and full hearts. We are mothers. When our little one forgot his favorite blanket in the car this morning, we left work to take it to him. We wiped butts, played chauffeur, cooked dinner, cleaned messes, gave baths, read books, and chased away monsters. Not once today did anyone say, Thank you. We are unacknowledged, but we will...

2 Dads + 4 Kids: A Heartwarming Wedding Registry

By Carolyn Zale on July 16, 2015 / 3,529 views

When 2 gay dads from Florida get married they register for the most selfless thing of all, their 4 children's future education. When Juan Luque and Patrick Duffy fell in love in 2008, marriage and family both seemed like distant dreams. Without the legal right to marry in their home state of Florida, first came love and then the baby carriage. With IVF and the help of a surrogate,...

To The Police Officer Who Was Just Here

By Chris on July 16, 2015 / 3,754 views

You've shown a face of the police the media almost never get to see. The two times I've called the police on neighbor, who is schizophrenic, extremely delusional, and needs help because he stopped taking his medicine when he moved here, it's been you that's shown up. Even though you couldn't help me get the help he needs, you have come to visit him every day just to make sure he is...

Take A Long Run

By Akansha on July 16, 2015 / 3,969 views

Where are we stand today, where we want to see ourselves in a year? Yes, that is a quite impressive question which can help to take a big turn for our thoughts and as we all know that thought becomes our action and our action has all power to make a great life ground for us. So why are you waiting, just get up and be ready to welcome your great and wealthy life. Don't be sad because no one else...

A Presentation

By Anjali Mohapatra on July 16, 2015 / 4,989 views

Once, a math teacher was asked by her senior- in-charge, to submit a paper, relating 'Maths in our everyday life.' For a second, the math teacher was surprised at her senior's demand, but then she smiled. She politely replied her, 'As you wish'! It was supposed to be submitted within three days. Next day, early in the morning, she gave a call to her senior, saying that she had to...

Memories Stagnate Us In The Past

By Adede Owalla on July 16, 2015 / 3,288 views

In February last year, I lost one of my best friend and a fellow Poet Christine, who was popularly known as "Princess Socrates " among her Kenyan fans. Her death was a big blow to me and to those who knew her and being that it happened through a road accident, it hit us so abrupt and sudden that our hearts got no chance to rehearse for the impending sorrow. A week before her death, we attended a...

Prayers

By Joseph J. Mazzella on July 13, 2015 / 5,936 views

Over the years I have said many prayers to God, and I haven't always gotten the answers I wanted. When I was a little boy I prayed for my lost dog, Duke to come back home but he never did. When I was in high school I prayed that I would become a big football star, but God had other plans. In college I prayed to become a huge success and be both rich and famous. Thirty years later I am still waiting on that...

Forgiving

By Chandramouli Reddy on July 13, 2015 / 5,244 views

This morning, I started very late in my vehicle to office. I was in hurry to reach office as clients from other city were waiting in my room. Add to my woes I got hold off in the traffic jam at a signal point. All the vehicles stood up in bee line, everybody in the driving seat were blowing horns incessantly to get rid off their irritation over the situation they were held. I got down from the vehicle &...

Life Is All About What You Make It

By Akansha Patel on July 13, 2015 / 5,089 views

An old proverb I always heard: "If you put cactus herb on the ground, do not expect roses from it." This is very well saying proverb which describes our life in a different way (i.e give to get). We all want love, respect, attention, care, so just start to give your whole love, respect to that person whom you love. There is no second doubt that when you start to give love other person at...

The Power Of Decision Making

By Adede Owalla on July 13, 2015 / 2,011 views

Both my parents died while I was in form one ( ninth grade ) in the year 2002, and it seemed as if my future and that of my two siblings had been totally darkened and all hopes stuffed in a sack of abandonment. This was considering the fact that my immediate guardian, my grandma was also lame and there was no need depending on her because she had nothing to offer in the first place and could not even afford a...

Does God Still Speak To People

By Kay on July 09, 2015 / 6,875 views

It was a delightful morning. The birds were singing and the chipmunks were chirping in between eating their morning meal of acorns on our front steps. "Oh, life doesn't get any better than this." I said to myself as I sat in my usual spot on the sofa reading my Bible and talking to the LORD.This quiet time was a daily habit for me. I never knew when I sat down exactly how long I would be there. I...