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A Simple Dog Walk

By Chris on April 26, 2013 / 9,763 views

It was a beautiful, sunny day so I decided to take my dog, Tater, out for a nice walk. It finally feels like spring now as the sun shines down onto my face and the grass is growing tall and green. Tater gets so excited when I grab her leash as she waits by the door knowing she's going outside to play. As we walked down the street, all I could think about was how Tater reminded me of my childhood. She is so...

The Hand Of God

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 23, 2013 / 9,094 views

I think that most of us go through our days here with our eyes half-closed because we so seldom see the Hand of God working in our lives. It happens in countless ways every single day. Let me give you an example. Two years ago several of the Hawaiian shirts that I love to wear had become worn and threadbare. I really wanted some new ones so I saved any extra money I had for several weeks to pay for them. Finally, I...

A Little Bit Of Heaven

By Sheri DeLoach on April 17, 2013 / 10,449 views

Luci and I were greeted warmly by the Activities Director of the Alzheimer's Facility we visited yesterday! Luci was excited and ready to meet and say 'hello' to every resident who wanted to meet her! She leaned on several of the men's legs as they petted her. Don't know who enjoyed all of the interaction, the residents or Luci! One lady asked me, "Pleazzze, let me keep her?" "I would take good care of...

The First Flower Of Spring

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 16, 2013 / 17,896 views

I smiled when I saw the first flower of Spring the other day. A lone Blue Bonnet had popped its head through the ground and was looking around on a cool, April morning. I wasn't sure what had made it finally decide to end its long, Winter's sleep. Perhaps it had noticed that the ground around it was no longer frozen. Perhaps it had felt the warmth of the sunshine finally pushing the temperatures into the seventies....

Random Acts Of Kindness At Grocery Store

By Gerri on April 15, 2013 / 11,494 views

I am a 94-year-old woman. I had concluded checking out groceries at our local neighborhood market, and putting the bags in my shopping cart. I turned to slide my credit card and saw the woman who was next in line, sliding her card into the machine. The cashier was telling her that the purchase entries were not her order. But the customer said she wanted to pay for my groceries, and concluded her mission at the...

My Mum

By Sandy Sandeep on April 13, 2013 / 2,286 views

basically i'm born in poor family. . .when i was in 4th std my hair was little long. as usual one day i went to class our class teacher called observed my long hair while she taking attendance i'm not aware about my hairs she finished her work and called my name i did not get why she had called me blindly i stood in front of her she too stood and screamed as she pulled my hair hardly i screamed i can not bare the...

A Hog In A Trough

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 09, 2013 / 8,551 views

When I was a boy my family used to raise hogs during the Summer to keep us fed through the Winter. As I got older it became my job to feed them everyday. My Grandma worked in the kitchen of a Summer camp across the road from us and the director let us have the leftover food scraps for the hogs. I remember lugging the huge pails of slop from the camp's kitchen, down the hill and across the wooden swinging bridge that...

14 Year Old Sets A Good Example For All Of Us

By John on April 05, 2013 / 9,365 views

14 year old and A student Michael Currie started a Help Me, Help Others Campaign. By helping one person, you are actually helping two. Read more about it at http://igg.me/at/micspeed...

Look Up

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 04, 2013 / 2,295 views

I had to get a new pair of eyeglasses recently. Stigmatism had started to mix with my nearsightedness making things a little bit blurry with my old prescription. Also I had to finally give in to another sign of my aging body and get my first pair of bifocals. It has taken me several days to get used to the new pair. While it was great seeing clearly at a distance again and wonderful being able to read a book...

Amazing True Story

By Mir on April 02, 2013 / 5,693 views

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service,...

Who We Need To Be

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 26, 2013 / 1,969 views

My Dad gave me a few of my Grandma's old photo albums the other day. When I looked through them it was like taking a step back in time. It was so incredible to see my brothers, my Mom, my Dad, and my Grandma all looking so young. And on some pages I even saw a smiling six year old boy with my face staring up at me in sweet innocence. I wondered what that boy would think if he could see what would happen to him...

It's Better To Give Than Receive

By Jon on March 21, 2013 / 2,730 views

Last night I saw a homeless man with two dogs. Normally I would just pass by without any thought. However seeing them two hungry pups made me sad. Instead of giving the man a couple of dollars, I ran into McDonalds and bought some sandwiches for the man and the pups. The man thanked me and wiped tears from his eyes. Just think about the next time you are having a bad day, things could be a lot worse. I never really...

A Touch

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 19, 2013 / 2,739 views

When I was 16 years old I had thick, wavy, brown hair that covered my head including my ears. I used to part it in the middle and comb it back. It was so heavy, though, that the bangs often slipped back down under my glasses when I lowered my head to read. Sometimes when I was doing my schoolwork at the kitchen table I could feel the hair starting to slide down into my eyes again. Usually I'd just let it hang there,...

It's Good For You

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 12, 2013 / 7,611 views

Growing up as a boy I was very fortunate to live in a house where a dinner of leftovers tasted even better than the original meal. A good example of this was when my Mom and Nana would make a huge pot of brown beans with cornbread. It would taste so great but we knew that the best was yet to come. The next day Nana would take the left over beans, throw in some pasta and Italian seasonings and create a delicious...

The Juliettes

By Sheri DeLoach on March 09, 2013 / 2,801 views

It was early spring, cloudy, and a cool afternoon. I was at home, retired from my job, recovering from an episode of clinical depression. I felt empty and unmotivated and alone. Sometime during the afternoon, a box of Juliette tomato plants were left on my patio! I knew who left them and not surprised as she knew my love of gardening and growing this particular type of tomato. She has potted them in larger...

The Gift Of Happiness

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 05, 2013 / 14,671 views

It was the Summer of my freshman year of college. Instead of heading home for a nice, long break three of my friends and I had decided to stay and take some extra courses. The four of us had rented the top floor of an old house to live in. My own bed was jammed into a stuffy former laundry room and each night was a new adventure in humidity. Still, it felt exciting to be out of the dorms and in my own place for the...

Beautiful Dream

By Shweta Nandanwar on March 05, 2013 / 11,421 views

In everybody's life a time comes when we really need someone, as a friend for to share joy, happiness, laughter, for conversation, for dinner. She wanted someone and he is there for to talk, to listen when she was hurt, angry and upset. He was there as a friend and he spread his root deep inside her heart, mind and in her existence. He is the only person that she wanted to with her in all the time, he touches her...