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Numbers On The Water Tower

By Joseph J. Mazzella on January 08, 2024 / 2,733 views

Across the road from my old high school, on a hill is a water tower. Each year the seniors will sneak up to it one night and write in giant numbers the year of their graduation. This year as I was driving back from the post office I looked up at the water tower and was shocked. There was a giant number 24 on it. That couldn’t be right. When I graduated there was a giant number 84 on it. It couldn’t...

So The Other Night I'm In The Middle Of Dropping Off An Instacart Order...

By Michael on January 08, 2024 / 2,276 views

An elder man pulled up and asked if I knew where St Luke's Hospital was located. Being that we were a bit far [from the hospital] I didn't just want to say "make a left here and go straight," so instead I told him I'll use my GPS and you can follow me. I didn't have any active orders so I figured why not? I got in my car and had him follow me. When we arrived at...

My New Year's Resolutions!

By Anjali Mohapatra on January 05, 2024 / 2,239 views

31st December, 2023! Night time… My brisk walking around the room was a clear reflection of my anxiety! But the minute and second hands in the wall clock were even faster than me. I looked at the wall clock. It was 10:42 pm. I grumbled to myself, ‘Oops! No, no, no - Only one hour and eighteen minutes left. No way! This time I’ll make it!’ I rushed to the table and grabbed a...

Kindness Through Letters

By Allison on January 05, 2024 / 2,409 views

Hi, I am Allison I was born at 25 weeks premature I am developmentally disabled and physically disabled. At birth I wasn’t expected to survive but I did. I battled anxiety all throughout school I also got saved around age 15 recently I dedicated my life to my ministry and sharing God’s love with the world. In 2015 I lost the woman who inspired me to be who I am today and...

A Lovely Chrismastime Gesture

By A Friend on January 05, 2024 / 1,949 views

On Dec. 15, we were having lunch at one of our favorite restaurants. There was a table of six service members in uniform at a table adjacent to us. When we were wrapping up our meal, my wife pulled out her credit card and told the server she wanted to pay the bill for all six. The server was surprised and confirmed that she wished to pay for the entire table, which she did. The server...

A Kind Reminder To Look Out For Our Elderly

By A Friend on January 03, 2024 / 2,238 views

This post isnt for recognition but a kind reminder to look out for our elderly. I was at our local marketplace last week. I went to order a coffee from the food court. In front of me an elderly couple had asked how much for a medium coffee. The girl told him $4.50 he then turned around and started to count what coins he had. He then asked how much it was for a small coffee when the girl...

My Next Door Neighbors

By Joseph J. Mazzella on January 03, 2024 / 2,421 views

My next door neighbors are a quiet lot. They are the most peaceful neighbors I have ever had. In 30 years living here they have never had a party, or played loud music, or had a nasty argument. They have never bothered me or caused me a single problem. When I go out my back door every morning to walk my dogs I greet them with a smile and soak in their serenity and their silence. You see, I live next to a...

Our 14 Year-old Daughter Has Been Working In The Cafe At The Pub My Husband Runs For Almost A Year Now

By Natalie on January 01, 2024 / 2,165 views

Our 14 year-old daughter has been working in the cafe at the pub my husband runs for almost a year now. She’s become so confident and capable in that time but she still remembers what it was like to be nervous to buy something at a shop. Today a young boy tried to buy some pastries but his bank card kept declining. On his third try she could see tears welling in his eyes...

It Feels Weird Posting This, But It Just Brought Me So Much Joy I Had To Share

By Rebecca on January 01, 2024 / 2,110 views

It feels weird posting this, but it just brought me so much joy I had to share. We were buying our sausages from Bunnings this morning, when the salesperson announced it was cash only. The young man in line behind us said he was heartbroken and returned to his car to see if he had any coins hidden in the console. When he didn’t come back, I went over and asked if he’d found...

Well This Kindness Takes The Cake!

By Brigette on January 01, 2024 / 1,615 views

I have a beautiful 97 year old Aunty who lives at home still in Germany. She regularly writes me a letter, expecially birthdays. We speak once a week on the phone. She asked if my birthday letter arrived in October. After some time we gave up and put it down to lost. Imagine my total surprise when the letter arrived. It had been on a tremendous journey. My Aunty's carer had...

TSA Isn't All Shouting About Laptops And Taking Shoes Off

By A Friend on December 29, 2023 / 2,097 views

A few weeks ago I was flying out of my local (pretty small) airport when I got in line behind a woman who didn’t speak English and by the looks of it, didn’t travel by plane often. No one in the airport spoke her language so she was becoming increasingly anxious and frantic with every interaction. As she was loading her stuff up on the TSA x-ray belt, the agent started giving...

Evergreens In The Forest

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 28, 2023 / 2,626 views

When I was a boy as Christmastime drew near my Dad would always go up in the woods and pick out a small evergreen tree to cut down for our Christmas tree. One year I went with him and much to the annoyance of my brothers picked the most ugly, scraggly, pine tree known to man to be our Christmas tree. My Dad, however, in his love for me cut it down and decorated it, as bad as it looked. Then after the new year...

A Big Shout Out To The Young Lady At The Airport

By Rachael on December 27, 2023 / 1,914 views

A big shout out to the "young lady" at the airport who saw my Dad struggling with two suitcases and my mother in a wheelchair trying to make his way to the exit by relay with the aforementioned suitcases and wheelchair. This young lady took charge of the baggage and got Mom and Dad to the exit safely. Thank you. It had been a challenging day of travel and your selflessness meant...

It Made Her Day

By A Friend on December 27, 2023 / 1,852 views

Shoutout to the lovely American teenaged boy who was on our flight today. We were waiting at the baggage carousel and as he was leaving he said to my 17 year old daughter "I just wanted to say I think you're really pretty". It made her day. So...

Your Greatest Gift

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 26, 2023 / 2,261 views

When I was a boy we didn’t have much. Our Christmas gifts were simple and few but I always took such joy in them. Some of them like the new books and thick socks were used right away. I would slip off my shoes, sit in my favorite chair by the wood stove, and rub my newly socked feet together while I read my books. Other toys like a new football, basketball, or bicycle would have to wait until the snow...

$5 And Some Kind Words

By Amy on December 22, 2023 / 2,348 views

I was on the bus and a young boy got on and told the driver that he didn't have a Go Card or money for a ticket. The boy was probably only about 13 years old. The driver must have said something to him about why his parents hadn't given him money for the bus. The boy said he couldn't ask his parents because he was in care, so the driver told him to get on and the boy said...

Stranger Hands Woman $100 Cash At Winter Wonderland

By Sunny Skyz on December 21, 2023 / 2,145 views

A woman was left "in shock" after being gifted $100 by a stranger as she walked through her city's Christmas event. The lady was handed an envelope containing a note and cash in a random act of kindness. The note read: "Merry Christmas. It's been a tough year for everyone. Please take this and have a great Christmas. Buy that...