There's a 2-year-old kid at my warehouse who runs out to hug me every day

2,626 views | Posted by A friend on September 28, 2026

I'm a business owner, and there's a 2-year-old kid at my warehouse who runs out to hug me every day. I think he's one of my favorite people in the world. One of my female employees has a 2-year-old son, and we all play with him a lot at the warehouse. I usually arrive later than everyone else, and somehow,...

I started painting at 40. One year in, I think I finally found my thing

2,541 views | Posted by Threshold_Guardian2 on September 24, 2026

I started drawing last year at 39 and found my way to oil painting around the time I turned 40. I had no idea it would become such an important part of my life. These are a couple of the paintings I’ve made along the way, and the little room where most of it happens. I spent a long time thinking you...

I gave my extra food to a homeless man this morning, then a stranger on my flight unexpectedly gave me $60

2,477 views | Posted by A friend on September 29, 2026

Today has been such a weirdly wholesome day. I was at the courthouse this morning to be a witness for my sister’s marriage. I had a cooler/bag with extra food that I wasn’t going to be able to take with me, and there was a homeless man sleeping outside the courthouse. Rather than throw the food away, I went over and...

Saved a bird, cried

2,467 views | Posted by A friend on September 19, 2026

My hubs called me out to the pool where a tiny bird was barely treading water. I got him out and kept him upright and warm in my hands for probably 30 while he calmed and dried out, eyes still closed. He finally fluffed out his wings and opened his eyes so I took him over to a bush and set him under it. He seemed to settle in so I...

What Working at a Food Bank Taught Me

2,450 views | Posted by Michael on September 30, 2026

When I started working at the food bank here in Port Townsend, Washington, last April, one of the things I worried about was how to say "no" to people who would ask for more food than we could give them. It's not that I assumed people would be greedy. I just figured that people coming to a food bank were...

Thank you to the stranger who gave me a hug on the Victoria line today

2,431 views | Posted by A friend on September 26, 2026

I've been job hunting for months now. Today I found out that a job I thought I'd get fell through. On top of that, I did a trial shift for a few hours at a café last week, but they turned me down and refused to pay for the trial afterwards. All that pressure just built up, and on the train it hit me all at once. I...

A stranger offers a ride to a stressed Grandma

2,399 views | Posted by Vonnie on September 21, 2026

Leaving a big swimming carnival at Sydney Olympic Park today, I was stressed about getting my two grandsons and all our backpacks, to the bus in time, to catch a train at Strathfield. I spotted a "taxi" (a bit like when cartoon characters see a live chicken imagining it to be a roast chicken). I was stressed and saw this...

My friends won’t stop gifting me banana themed tools

2,309 views | Posted by ChiaEFX on September 23, 2026

A few years ago, my friend 3D printed a banana for scale (left) for me and it quickly became a staple on my social media. In the years since, my assistant gave me a banana wrench as a joke for my birthday. A friend gave me the most excellent retractable switch-banana. My married friends found the banana hat...

Father-Daughter Dance

2,294 views | Posted by Jesska on September 22, 2026

At my high school graduation dinner. They called all the girls up for a father-daughter dance. I didn't have one so I sat at the table expecting to sit this one out. I got a tap on my shoulder and turned around to see my best friend's dad. He said he had room for two. He took us both up to...

See You Through It

2,277 views | Posted by Joseph J. Mazzella on September 23, 2026

Several weeks ago I contracted Lyme Disease. This is the disease you get from a tick bite that floods your body with a bacteria. Now I didn’t see or feel it when the tick bit me. The bull’s-eye rash that was supposed to appear didn’t. All I knew was I was feeling bad. I had chills, shakes, and bouts of sweats. I felt...

Thank you to the Good Samaritan at the San Diego airport

2,122 views | Posted by A friend on October 1, 2026

My brother-in-law and his young sons were running seriously late this morning after a wrong turn ✈️ and they ended up on foot along the road trying to make up time. A good Samaritan pulled over after seeing them run with bags in hand and offered them a ride at 5 a.m. this morning to get to the correct terminal and because of...

Truck accident aftermath help - sweetest return too

2,108 views | Posted by A friend on October 2, 2026

I live on a busy road. Sunday during the Bills football game, a truck ended up on its side against our front tree, about 15 feet from our house. My husband heard and almost saw the whole thing. We rushed into action, helped the 2 teenagers with sitting them down, water bottles, paper towels, and phones to...

The neighborhood cat came to visit me the day after my cat passed away

2,091 views | Posted by kinzygrace on October 3, 2026

The neighborhood cat came to visit me the day after my cat passed away- I like to think it was a sign from my cat saying that she’s okay. So yesterday morning after I finished feeding the cats, I looked up after putting the dishes in the sink and saw this cat standing outside just sitting there and staring at the...

My Dad Bought My Handbag And Purse From Me

1,724 views | Posted by A friend on October 6, 2026

To make a long story short, a while ago, I bought a beautiful handbag and a beautiful purse. They are no longer produced by the company who made them. I still have the authentic labels attached. I am 24 and in dire straits financially. I told my father that I’d be selling the bag and purse (which I love so much), because...

Kindness that made me cry

1,706 views | Posted by A friend on October 8, 2026

I was buying a meal at a self-service place I've always gone to every morning at my campus since the last semester. First I grabbed a plate, then put rice on it, then I went to the food basin where they put soy sauce egg (I eat rice with egg and soy sauce every morning). I was looking at the eggs thinking which egg...

After 18 months homeless, my cat and I finally have a place to call home

1,509 views | Posted by ThreeDaysNish on October 9, 2026

After being homeless for a year and a half, my cat and me are sleeping in our new apartment tonight. Balou (11) is my baby, I adopted him when he was 5. When I became homeless I had to give him up or I wasn't allowed into shelters. So I chose him. It was a rough year, he got cancer along the...

Complimented an elderly woman on her birthday

945 views | Posted by a friend on October 13, 2026

It was just such a wholesome and sweet moment and I wanted to share it. I was at a grocery store with my partner and we saw her across the way. She was in a very cute blue and purple outfit, and overall dress with a patterned top underneath, she just looked so adorable! I said something to my partner and we kept...

My hotel housekeeping guy made me realize how much the smallest acts of kindness can mean

886 views | Posted by A friend on October 14, 2026

I am currently living in a hotel away from home, and there is this housekeeping guy who cleans my room almost every day. He barely speaks English, so we can barely communicate, but man, he is genuinely one of the sweetest people I have ever met. Every time he cleans my room, I can tell he puts his heart into it. He...

The Stuff

856 views | Posted by Joseph J. Mazzella on October 5, 2026

I hope my new story reminds you of how little you actually need to be happy in this life. God bless you always. It was a few years ago. I was trying to get something out of my closet but couldn’t do it. There was just too much Stuff in it. You know the stuff I am talking about. The stuff that sneaks in when you...

May I please have some water for my baby's formula?

836 views | Posted by A friend on September 25, 2026

This happened about 40 years ago. My wife and I were taking our 3+month old infant son from SE PA to Rochester, NY to see his grandparents. We had packed plenty of diapers, bottles, formula, and we thought, water for the 6 hour ride which was at night. So we're traveling Rt 15 which is direct to Rochester. But 40 years ago it...