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Fostering A Pregnant Cat

By JephriB on April 06, 2022 / 2,505 views

12 days ago: Yesterday my wife asked me how I'd feel about fostering a pregnant cat for a few weeks while she gave birth to and raised kittens. I was kinda busy so I mumbled "Sure, that would be cool someday." Well, I was greeted this afternoon by a very pregnant cat. I guess today is someday. Today: Jade, the pregnant...

Helping A Mom During A Toddler Meltdown

By Pru on April 05, 2022 / 2,516 views

Yesterday I was leaving a gym where I teach classes, when my ears were assaulted by a high pitched shriek and wailing. Yes, it was a toddler in full on melt down. His mum was doing her best to reason with him whilst holding her other child, a young baby, but the terrible twos cannot be reasoned with. I stopped and asked if I could help by holding the baby while she sorted out her toddler,...

This Beautiful Arrangement Of Perfect White Roses Was Delivered To My Workplace Today

By Joy on April 05, 2022 / 2,482 views

I work in a hospital in Melbourne. There was a wedding in Melbourne yesterday. The bride had been a patient at the hospital I work at some time ago. Last week she contacted the hospital to say that she was getting married and would like several floral arrangements to be delivered to the hospital after her wedding to thank them for the care she received. The ward I work in were...

The True Treasure

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 04, 2022 / 2,876 views

The television this morning was hyping some new adventure movie about the hunt for a treasure ship full of gold. It reminded me of all the other movies just like it I had seen over the years. Later in the day I was at the gas station in line to pay for a filling up my car when the guy in front of me traded a handful of cash for a handful of hope in the form of Lotto tickets. Where did this desire...

'I Love You' At 3AM

By A Friend on March 31, 2022 / 2,615 views

My girlfriend randomly sends me "I love you" at 3AM and immediately goes back to sleep. My girlfriend lives on the other side of the globe and there's a 9.5 hour time difference between us. She randomly wakes up when it's the evening for me and texts me "I love you" and goes back to sleep immediately. All the stress, fatigue, and tiredom due to work...

$100 Tip

By Simone on March 30, 2022 / 2,649 views

My hubby decided to get food delivered last night. It arrived and he came to talk to me about it. He said the driver was meant to be coming by bicycle according to the app but when he arrived he was in a car and looking lost so my hubby went out to him. He said, “I thought you were coming by bike.” and the driver said, “I usually do but my bike was stolen last week so my boss has...

A Huge Shout Out To Three Lovely Ladies Who Came To My Aid At The Hospital Yesterday

By Elaine on March 30, 2022 / 2,108 views

I had to go for some appointments, was running a little late, parked in my usual spot on the top floor. I am eligible for disabled parking, which is mainly on the ground floor, but tend to leave that for those worse off than me and just catch the lift. Unfortunately after wading through small streams of runnoff from the sideways rain that was blowing in under the roof, the lifts seem to have been victims of...

I Saw An Elderly Lady I Know Struggling

By Doug on March 28, 2022 / 2,419 views

A couple of Christmas's ago I was walking from my car to the supermarket on Christmas eve. I saw an elderly lady I know struggling, to the point of dropping a box of expensive beers into the back of an old car. I helped her with the beers and said to her she didn't fit the mold of a beer drinker. She told me her how water service had died. She said her hot...

The Library Cat

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 28, 2022 / 2,739 views

I have always loved libraries ever since I was a boy. When you would go in the smell of the books promised fresh adventures, new learning, and wonderful imagination in their pages. Over the years I have read more books than I can count and visited the local libraries more times than I can remember. Now with the age of the internet and so many faces in screens instead of books I am concerned places like these...

5 Years Ago Our Lovely Landlord Gave Us A Weeks Free Rent As A Wedding Present

By Louise on March 24, 2022 / 2,208 views

I was overwhelmed that someone could be that kind, he is a very lovely man and a lovely landlord. We lived in that house for 3 years before buying our own home. Fast forward to present day, I received a text message from our cleaner apologising as he would be unable to come for that fortnight's clean as his wife had gone into labour and through some complications required a c-section....

Papa Joe

By Alesha on March 22, 2022 / 4,592 views

My Papa Joe is 85 and has been faithfully married to my grandma for 60 years. His memory is slipping and he is really slowing down. Today, he asked me to take him to Walmart because he wanted to get out of the house. I was thankful he asked because, as many of us know, he shouldn’t be driving. I thought it would also benefit grandma to have the house to herself for a while, not having to worry...

Unleash Your Spring

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 22, 2022 / 2,326 views

It was a morning in March here in the mountains of my home. The weather forecast had called for another 5 inches of new snow for the weekend. But for the moment March was allowing Mother Nature to unleash a little Spring here. The golden sun was slowly rising over the trees. The temperature was inching up from chilly to warm. In the yard among the brown, dead leaves, a single dandelion had popped its yellow...

FOLLOW THE TUG!

By Kay on March 21, 2022 / 3,169 views

Went to lunch today. Was ready to go when a gentleman came In and needed a table with a plug for his phone. Mine had one. I have no idea if others did, but almost all tables were empty. I told him he was welcome to that table as I was leaving anyway. We exchanged pleasantries and I left. As I went to my car I just felt a tug in my heart and next thing I know I’m in the drive thru. I ordered a...

Just Say It

By Dana on March 21, 2022 / 2,750 views

A few weeks ago I followed the tug when I saw a mum walking her dog and child for their morning walk. I had my window down and the lady was wearing a really cool jumpsuit. I yelled out "I love your jumpsuit!" as I was driving past. She smiled a little stunned as I drove off. Ran a few errands and then filled up the car. I saw the same lady in the petrol station and as she was...

I Met A Man Today

By Lauren on March 21, 2022 / 2,772 views

I met a man today. It was only 20 mins or so, fleeting really, but had such an impact on the rest of my day. Today I had the distinct pleasure of meeting an elderly gentleman named Jack Connell. He is 91 years young. Almost fully blind. And partially deaf. But he still has his humour, his wit and most definitely his old world charm. While getting a pedicure at a nail salon in...

The Long And Winding Road

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 17, 2022 / 3,143 views

I knew I wasn’t adopted when I was growing up. My older brother, Eddie and I looked too much alike and our faces were the perfect combination of our Mom’s and Dad’s. Still, I did feel different. My oldest brother, Tony was confident and outgoing. He could tell a story that kept you smiling and laughing all the way through. He still can, in fact. Eddie was also confident and had so many...

Kindness Is Everywhere

By Manndi Wilkins on March 16, 2022 / 3,565 views

Last night, during the first of my eldest son’s three basketball games, we happened to be sitting next to a lady with a young son. The little boy looked slightly younger than my youngest son, who happened to be sitting nearby. At one point in the game, the little guy looked over to my son, and adorably said: “Wanna be my friend?”. Unfortunately, I was not privy to this precious plea, but my...