God Is Good

By William on March 10, 2015 / 1,968 views

Two years and three months ago my life was turned upside down. Three days before Christmas my wife and I noticed something strange with my two year olds left eye. Being the protective parents that we have always been we immediately took him to the children's ER. Are fears grew when we were referred to a specialist. After a agonizing couple of weeks we finally were at Duke. My two year old son was diagnosed with...

It Must Be Along The Course!

By Marck Andrei on March 05, 2015 / 1,920 views

By Marck Andrei on March 05, 2015 / 1,920 views

It is not on how it started, nor how it is ended… It must be along the course! Life has many facets and the facets are a mix of all bads and goods here on earth. So, let me start my story. I am a privileged woman having the chance to be a wife of a military officer of my country. Well, woman like me is so proud for I am loving and is loved by one of those true heroes of the nation. It had been a good...

Beating The Odds

By Petak on March 04, 2015 / 1,546 views

This story is to tell people that you CAN beat the odds and you CAN make your life better. I was born into an air force family. I am the youngest of 5. I have 3 older sisters and 1 older brother. My parents met through one sister, who was friends with my other sisters in school. Thus, my parents met, fell in love, got married and had me. Somewhere along the way, things went wrong and they were divorced by the time I...

A Letter To Myself

By K Fitz on March 03, 2015 / 10,161 views

Dear Self, Don't be afraid to allow yourself to be ambitious. They will note your failures, belittle your accomplishments, and misunderstand your truth. They are flawed. Remember that you are also flawed. They are lost in a mundane routine, while you are riding the highs and lows of a dreamer. You will find a social resiliency that allows you to connect without being harmed. Focus. Push through the haze, and...

The Real Gift

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 02, 2015 / 5,274 views

I was watching some reunion videos the other day. Those are the ones where the serviceman or servicewoman returns home after many months to surprise their families. One in particular widened my smile and moistened my eyes at the same time. In it a five year old little girl was celebrating her birthday party. After blowing out the candles on her birthday cake it was time to open her presents. She seemed...

Language, No Barrier

By Anjali Mohapatra on March 02, 2015 / 4,734 views

Language, no barrier So... What do you think? Who is a real smart person? A person who is well dressed, wearing costly foot-wear, speaking English fluently, and walks smartly? Well, invariably smartness is defined in these spoken base lines. But believe it or not, a real smart person is anybody, who can manage any odd situation cleverly, without having...

Yet He Chooses To

By Kim S. Holdiman on March 01, 2015 / 4,983 views

Tonight as I cleaned out some papers on my desk, I found some old cards and letters that brought tears to my eyes. One was from an old friend that I haven't really known in years. We had a falling out of sorts a couple of decades back and just have been cordial when we run into each other. This past Christmas, she did what I should have done long ago. She wrote a heartfelt letter putting the past in the past and...

The Most Beautiful Voice

By Roger Dean Kiser on February 27, 2015 / 5,603 views

“Would you be kind enough to read something for me?” asked the old man, as we hid beneath the overpass. Slowly shaking my seven-year-old head to the affirmative, I watched as he reached down and began rummaging through his dirty old knapsack. I stood, silently watching as the elderly hobo began to remove various items from the brown gunny sack he carried over his shoulder. “Here it is sonny,” he...

Credit Can Make Or Break You

By Roger Dean Kiser on February 27, 2015 / 3,752 views

“You had best take your little snotty nose butt and get back over by that fire barrel,” the hobo told me, as he shook his large knife at me. Though only ten or eleven years old, most of the time when I ran away from the orphanage; most of the hobos and tramps I met were kind to me, always willing to share their food and coffee. This particular fellow seemed to hate everyone and everything. “How come...

Stan The Man

By Roger Dean Kiser on February 27, 2015 / 3,888 views

I must have lost my head when I agreed to go shopping with my wife this morning. Am I so retarded and is my brain so small that I have forgotten the never-ending circles she always travels, looking at hundreds upon hundreds of items which we cannot even afford to buy? Most are things we would not even buy even if we could afford them. “What’s wrong with you?” asked Judy. “Well, since you asked....

An Officer And A Gentleman

By RDK on February 27, 2015 / 3,896 views

I guess I’ll never learn, or maybe I’ll just have to learn certain lessons the hard way. It is very difficult trying to write stories with grandchildren hanging all over you. You would think with two televisions, numerous video games, Barney and Dora the Explorer videos, CDs and coloring books; the kids would have more to do than jump on top of me when I am at the computer when the inspiration sneaks upon me...

One Story Changed Her Life... Now She's Living Her Dream!

By Dalton Wiechmann on February 25, 2015 / 5,307 views

By Dalton Wiechmann on February 25, 2015 / 5,307 views

Experience the true story on how a woman's forgotten dream is brought to life! Jenny Fandel was the dean's office assistant at a local high school. After giving up on her dream to be a singer decades ago, Jenny's life changes forever when she encounters two former students, Dalton Wiechmann and Daniel Murphy, after one unexpected night that she returned to the office. Witness the struggle of lost hope and...

The One Thing You Never Run Out Of

By Joseph J. Mazzella on February 24, 2015 / 6,102 views

It was a sweltering hot, Summer's day and I was longing to go swimming at the local pool. Instead, I was riding in the back seat of the car as my parents drove to a friend's house. They were going to lend a hand to a church work camp repairing her roof and porch. As an eight year old boy I knew that there wouldn't be much for me to do and I was right. In the end I fetched a few hammers, threw away some scrap pieces...

Attitude On Life

By Kay on February 23, 2015 / 6,473 views

Attitude on Life The longer I live, the more I realise the impact of attitude on life. It is more important than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than whatever anyone might say or do. It is more important than appearances, giftedness or skill. The remarkable thing is that we have the choice to create the attitude we have for that day. We cannot change our past....

"AND UNTO DUST YOU SHALL RETURN"

By Melissa Reale on February 21, 2015 / 3,508 views

By Melissa Reale on February 21, 2015 / 3,508 views

“AND UNTO DUST YOU SHALL RETURN” Ash Wednesday. It is not just some ritual that says you are Catholic. It is a reminder of our mortality and frailty. 18 days post the onset of burning, numbness and tingling in my legs. 15 days from the neurologist at Columbia Presbyterian saying the words “Guillain-Barre Syndrome(GBS)”. 11 days from my last treatment of IVIG infusions. 10 days of this process they...

Fix Your Focus

By Kay on February 20, 2015 / 1,535 views

When I first became a Christian I bought myself a Bible. Inside of the front cover I wrote "Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end." Hebrews 12:2 Of all the Bible texts I could have chosen, I chose this one. I wondered why. Over the years I've had several experiences that have shown me why I chose this text. I'd like to share my first experience. One day while I...

Path To Solace

By Bala on February 20, 2015 / 4,204 views

I have been going through a tough time recently, and have been missing work out of depression. This morning, i decided to go to a nearby temple to find some solace from all my troubles. The temple was almost empty with very few patrons so i was able to spend some time in peace and quiet. I was still brooding even when i walked out of the temple, when i noticed a ragged old lady who was crouched beside the temple...