Kindness Stories / Feel Good Stories

Scruffy's Gift

By Mark Hrubetz on October 25, 2013 / 6,827 views

Scruffy was my best friend. More than any one person or anything could ever be. More than I had experienced in a lifetime. He was a true gift of love, and that's the gift he returned to me in the all-too-brief 15 years we were able to spend together. I first met Scruff when I went out to move my Wife's car...and a strange growling issued from somewhere under it as I approached. Looking underneath, there was a...

Doctors Called It Cancer. I Called It A Challenge.

By Cancer Survivor on October 25, 2013 / 8,024 views

This was me two years ago, looking pretty haggard after a 6-hour surgery. Why did I have surgery, you ask? In Oct 2010 I was diagnosed with Stage III Testicular Cancer. I had five surgeries and three months of chemotherapy - My last round of chemo was actually on Dec 31st. In this surgery, they had to remove two teratoma tumors located between my spine & the body's two main blood vessels. Only 1 surgeon in the...

Sunset In The Mountains

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 21, 2013 / 2,439 views

After enjoying a glorious day of Autumn sunshine here in the hills and forests surrounding my home I decided to take a seat on my back porch and watch its final act. Sunsets here in the mountains are a beauty to behold. They are not as sudden as the ocean or desert sunsets where nightfall follows so quickly after Sol drops over the horizon. Here it is much more gradual. This evening it started when the sun...

Same Difference

By Jodi-Ann E.M. Morgan on October 18, 2013 / 5,110 views

I was looking at a picture recently and noticed there was something different. The frame was changed. The overall picture still looked good but I couldn't decide whether or not changing the frame made it better. From this an interesting thought came to mind. At times when I was feeling down I would go to my favourite store to spend money on clothes ... alright, alright, maybe I spent it on other things as well...

The God Retires

By Jay Shukla on October 17, 2013 / 4,658 views

I was flicking through the channels last Friday when I was mesmerized by a breaking news that the God of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar had announced his complete retirement after playing his 200th test. This news had left all the cricket lovers around the world numb as he has been the inspiration, emabassdor and great icon of the the game of cricket. The one name which has been heard in the prayers of cricket lovers...

Knot At The End Of The Rope

By Rick Ritter on October 16, 2013 / 5,163 views

I'm not sure when this idea developed but i think it was via osmosis over time - it just percolated into my awareness as i experienced life as a trauma therapist for combat veterans and their families and later in my career working with a wider range of traumatized persons. More often than not it became evident that for many of the people i worked with i was the last stop on the road of attempting to get some...

Not Existing, Living!

By Robin Marvel on October 16, 2013 / 7,343 views

Life is made of choices. We have all heard this statement at one time or another during our journey of life. This is not just a saying to me it is my way of life. I learned at a very young age that our choices determine the successes that we achieve in our lives. You can not live in a state of blame in the present for the lifestyle you survived as a child. You have the opportunity to remove yourself from a victim to...

To Daddy, With Love

By Harold R. "Scottie" Scott on October 15, 2013 / 5,316 views

To Daddy, With Love I wrote this prior to my Daddy's passing, two days after Father's Day, 2013, and in that October is Alzheimers Awareness Month, I felt I wanted to share, as a way to remember him. Alzheimers, Dementia, The Forgetting, all terms used to describe the disease that robs the mind,memory, and lives of so many. It is, and has been a fast growing illness, affecting so many families. My family is one of...

By My Dad's Bedside

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 15, 2013 / 2,106 views

It is hard to write when your heart is breaking, but something deep inside me needs to say this right now. At this moment I am sitting in a chair by my Dad's bedside in the nursing home where he has lived for the past few months. His breathing is slowly getting more labored as he sleeps. Fortunately new medications have eased the pain and seizures he was having, but it is only a matter of time until he leaves this...

Life Is Good No Matter What The Odds

By Ernest Dempsey on October 15, 2013 / 5,670 views

This fall, Special Living Magazine (http://www.specialiving.com/) chose to publish my story about Canadian author and advocate for people with special needs Jewel Kats. And they made it the cover story! Jewel Kats stands out from the crowd of writers due to her devotion to help empower young readers through her uplifting stories. Herself living with permanent physical limitation due to a childhood car accident,...

The Madman On The Mountain

By Curt Struna on October 13, 2013 / 6,193 views

There was a man who was looking for something and he searched the mountaintops. He called out, “Helloooo…” and he would hear the echo call back “Hellooooo…” He ran to the other mountain, thinking that it was what he was looking for only to find nothing. He called out again, “Helloooo…” and heard the echo and ran to the other mountain. Back and forth endlessly, never finding, always looking....

Man In The Moon

By Jodi-Ann E.M. Morgan on October 12, 2013 / 5,179 views

While surfing the net the other day I came upon the TV show, The Torkelsons. As a kid it was one of my favorite shows on the Disney Channel. In it the oldest daughter, Dorothy, would consistently converse with a 'man in the moon.' He served as her confidant, someone who she could turn to for refuge. I could relate to her because many nights as a little girl I would sit by the window and look out at the moon. ...

For I'm Not A Mother ...

By Vivie Liem on October 11, 2013 / 4,432 views

I have married for this 5,8 years and so grateful for my happy marriage. I have kind husband who love me so. We haven't kids yet till now ... sometimes and often the quietness/loneliness has come ... we miss babbles, howl and everything about a baby, kids. Thanks GOD as a couple we never blame each others or fighting because of this. Our spars is less then one hour. I'm a preschool teacher and a person who likes...

Spare Change

By Joe D. on October 10, 2013 / 5,156 views

I pulled into a small gas station in the middle of the desert in New Mexico and realized I had left my wallet at my girlfriends house 5 hours away. I had no money and barely enough gas to make it another mile down the road. The only other person that stopped for gas was a burly looking trucker. I was a bit reluctant, but I asked him for some spare change for gas. Instead he filled my tank and said,...

A Better Person

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 07, 2013 / 2,788 views

As the days ticked down to my 47th birthday this year, I had to admit that I was a little melancholy. I was looking back over the years of my life and remembering every mistake that I had made, every wrong path that I had taken, and every chance for growth that I had turned my back on. It wasn't a pretty sight. When the day finally arrived, though, I was overwhelmed with the love I received from so many. Gifts,...

The Compassionate Young Boy

By Emmanuel Aghado on October 07, 2013 / 7,988 views

Once upon a time, in a small village in Kenya, there lived a young boy with his step family. Due to the scarcity of water in the village, the young boy awoke early every morning, carried his pot and headed for the stream with the aim of fetching water for himself and his step family. Sadly for him, he alone had this task as a routine every morning and evening to fetch water from a distant stream while his step...

My Home-Life Story

By Lainie on October 05, 2013 / 5,270 views

Hi i am Lainie. I am 15. My homelife isnt so great. I have walked into my dad doing drugs and i have been there to see my mom say that she wished i would die. My mom has pulled my hair and slammed me into a wall. My dad has hurt me so bad mentally that no one could ever understand. At school even i get made fun of when all i do is schoolwork. I don't have many friends. I cry myself to sleep almost every night. My...