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A Stranger Bought Me Flowers And A Card Today

By A Friend on March 14, 2025 / 1,992 views

Today I found out my grandmother’s cancer turned terminal and they gave her less than 6 months to live. She lives across the country but her and I have always had a special bond. After her diagnosis in November I was devastated but after she had surgery to remove the cancer we were hopeful for remission. Until today when her scans came back that the cancer had aggressively spread to her liver...

A Healthy Soul

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 13, 2025 / 1,947 views

I took my two Special Needs sons in for their yearly physical recently. Neither one of them enjoys doctor’s visits. I think mainly it comes from having their blood drawn so many times over the years. Still, things went well. Both of them had lost weight since we cut back on the junk food in our diets. In fact, I felt a twinge of envy when I saw how low and healthy my youngest son’s blood pressure...

I Flip Over Pennies So Others Can Find Good Luck

By A Friend on March 12, 2025 / 1,683 views

There’s the superstition that finding a ‘heads up’ penny brings good luck. So whenever I find a tails up penny I flip it over and leave it so that someone else can find some good luck. As a teenager I saw my mom do that once and she explained why she did it. That simple act of kindness has stuck with me over the years. To this day I carry it...

To The 20-year-old Construction Worker Who Offered Me A Cheeseburger At 9:30am Because I Was Crying In My Car

By A Friend on March 10, 2025 / 2,232 views

I was a cultural resource monitor on a construction site. I was sobbing in my truck one morning because I was 2,000 miles from home and going through a nasty divorce. I was snapped out of my self-pitying stupor by a timid knock on the window, and look up to see one of the younger kids on the crew. I rolled down my window and all he said was “I just thought you might want this”...

I Didn't Think I'd Make This Much Of A Difference

By A Friend on March 07, 2025 / 2,671 views

It just happened 10 minutes ago, I saw a lady outside Tesco clutching a 10L bag full of cans (to trade in for money). She asked if it was open (it was 7am), and today's Sunday, so I told her it would open later at 9am. She told me she was evicted years ago and is now homeless. She's also 4 months pregnant. I offered her water, and she said she would love some. I was weary but it was only two euro for...

A Stranger Got The Breakfast Check While Our Kid Is In The Hospital

By A Friend on March 06, 2025 / 2,007 views

My mother-in-law took my son out for breakfast while my husband and I are at the hospital with our daughter as she's getting a heart procedure. Someone at the restaurant picked up their check. You never know how perfect your timing might be when you do something kind for someone. I think they really needed this today of all...

Conductor Stopped The Train For Me After I Was Laid Off

By A Friend on March 05, 2025 / 1,974 views

I was laid off and had to go into the office this morning just to drop off equipment. I commute by train out of the city, so there’s only one train down and one back I could catch in the morning. Over the past several months, I’ve become friends with the staff/conductors and since I am a reverse flow commuter, I’m one of few on my route. It was tight getting back to the train...

Just A Moment Of Kindness

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 04, 2025 / 2,688 views

I have no idea why some stores make shelves so high that only a professional basketball player can reach them, but they do. I experienced one of them just the other day. I had just picked up some toothpaste and deodorant and was heading to the dog food aisle when I took a short cut through the toy section. That is when I saw them. A little girl was pointing to the top shelf where the stuffed animal she wanted...

You're Welcome And Don't Forget Your Most Important Item!

By A Friend on March 03, 2025 / 1,273 views

Today while checking out my groceries (in self checkout), I noticed one of my gallons of milk was leaking very badly from the bottom. Between the time I put it in the bagging area after scanning it and scanning a few more items, there was a pretty significant pool of milk in the bagging area. I caught the attention to one of the attendants for help to remove the gallon and also get towels to clean...

A Cinnamon Scroll

By Janis on February 28, 2025 / 2,176 views

While travelling from Townsville to Rockhampton this week we stopped as we always do at Prossy Pies in Proserpine in Whitsunday area to have a pie for my husband and a cinnamon scroll for myself with our coffee only to be told the last one had just been sold to Mrs. Porter sitting over there. I told the girl that she had told us that the last one had just been sold when we went through on Friday. So...

A Stranger Bought My Father-in-law's Birthday Cake To Remember Her Daughter

By A Friend on February 27, 2025 / 2,367 views

My father in law came from New Jersey to visit us in Missouri as each of my daughters were competing in their sports this weekend… it just happened to be his 70th birthday so we got him a birthday cake from the local grocery store. I went to pick it up and the girl working said someone had paid for the cake and they left a note. I asked for a name of either her or her daughter but she...

The Kids Are Alright

By A Friend on February 26, 2025 / 2,019 views

I (28, F) am pregnant with my first baby, nearly in my third trimester. I work a physically demanding factory job. My shifts are 12 hours long and require me to be on my feet the majority of the shift. I love my work but it definitely isn't the easiest these days. My direct team includes 3 young men (19, 19 and 21) and holy moly they have restored my faith in humanity. (Not to the mention the...

Spreading Smiles On A Rainy Day!

By Tops Day Nurseries Poole on February 26, 2025 / 1,265 views

Today, despite the rain, our amazing children brightened up the day by handing out beautiful bunches of flowers to the public—bringing unexpected joy to those just popping out for their shopping. These flowers were kindly gifted to us, saving them from going to the landfill, and instead, they found their way into the hands of strangers, turning an ordinary day into something special. The...

Life Goes On

By Joseph J. Mazzella on February 25, 2025 / 2,604 views

For over 30 years now I have lived right next to a graveyard. I am not complaining, though. Not once in all of these years have my neighbors played loud music or got into an argument or complained when I walk my dogs near their fence. They don’t even mind when deer graze among their gravestones. And they always help to remind me how brief and precious life here is. Sometimes in the morning...

A Little Kid Gave Up His Seat On The Subway For Me

By A Friend on February 24, 2025 / 2,054 views

There was a little guy on a very busy subway who saw this tiny little cast on my finger and he gave up his seat so that I could sit down. He was so little and he got whipped around when the train sped up. I was perfectly capable of just standing lol, but I thought it was very sweet of...

A Small Act Of Kindness On A Day I Really Needed It

By Lori on February 20, 2025 / 3,053 views

Today the simplest act of kindness just broke me. I'm out of town because my elderly father fell and fractured his c-spine, in other words he broke his neck! He'll be okay but it's been really difficult to say the least. Today I stopped to get gas and put in wiper fluid and this lovely gentleman insisted I get back into the warm truck while he took care of the wiper...

Someone Bought Me A Coffee And It They’ll Never Know What It Meant To Me

By A Friend on February 20, 2025 / 2,892 views

This happened almost a year ago but I think about it a lot. I was up in MN for work when my parent got the call for a heart transplant. I offered to come home but my family said i wouldn’t make it back on time and everything looked good to go and I’d see them when I got back in 2 weeks. Well it went bad and they ended up being placed into a medical coma and on ECMO so I had to...