Flying Kites

2,070 views | Posted by Victoria on October 30, 2025

Just a quick story, a few years back my partner and I had his son a the park and I decided to bring out the kites I had stashed in my trunk. Just thought it would be fun for the kid. Then we get his son going and were just watching on the side and my partner (35y/o) tells me he's never flown a kite before. He had a extremely...

Body and Spirit

1,772 views | Posted by Joseph J. Mazzella on October 27, 2025

Here is my new story. I hope it reminds you of who you really are. God bless you always. When I was a teenager I used to lift weights in the morning, then jog two and a half miles to the local swimming pool and spend the whole afternoon swimming. Well last night I slept crooked and woke up with my back hurting and twisted...

A customer apologized for overreacting and hugged me

1,677 views | Posted by A friend on October 23, 2025

This actually happened to me a while ago, but it's something I think about often, and it's been especially on my mind tonight, so I really wanted to share it. It starts out a little rocky, but I promise, it has a happy ending. When I was working alone at a small laundromat, an elderly man came in and tried to request a...

Brief exchange of kindness in the grocery story when I needed it most

1,607 views | Posted by A friend on November 3, 2025

So within the last couple weeks, my wife of 10 years told me she wants to separate and it's been very hard. I've had a rough couple of days and on my way home from work today I stopped by the grocery store. As I was heading to checkout, a man stopped me and out of nowhere started to talk to me. I forget how it...

Growing Up Little

1,473 views | Posted by Joseph J. Mazzella on November 4, 2025

Here is my new story. It is for anyone who has ever felt little and afraid. I hope you enjoy it. God bless you always. When I was 4 years old my parents entered me in Kindergarten. Because I was born on September 29th they were given the option of letting me enter early or wait a whole extra year. I was a good reader and...

Three Smiling Faces

1,447 views | Posted by Joseph J. Mazzella on October 21, 2025

My daughter gave me the most wonderful birthday present this year. She took 3 pictures of her and her two brothers when they were just babies. Then she sent away to a place that printed them on 3 large refrigerator magnets. Now each time I open the freezer to get some ice cubes I get to see the 3 beautiful faces of my babies smiling at...

This little girl made my whole week

1,381 views | Posted by Temporary_Royal_2260 on October 22, 2025

A little patient I cared for last month came back today for a check-up. When I entered the room, she ran up to me with a drawing she had made of us together — me with my scrubs and her holding a stethoscope. She said, “I made you a nurse superhero!” 🥹🥹🥹🥹 I nearly cried right...

A stranger on the train let me stay at her house overnight

1,354 views | Posted by A friend on October 29, 2025

Around 2 years ago, when I was travelling home from London, I was sat on the train which was delayed. I was starting to get worried about missing my connecting train as it was the last train of the night back to my town. The train was busy and full so a random woman sat next to me and we started chatting about the delay. I mentioned I was...

Fixed a kid’s broken toy today and it weirdly made my day

1,353 views | Posted by A friend on November 3, 2025

My neighbor's little kid (maybe 5 or 6) came to the gate this afternoon with a broken plastic robot. One leg had snapped off and he looked ready to cry. I didn't have glue or tools, just random junk in a drawer, so I grabbed a paperclip and some tape and tried to make it stand again. It looked stupid but somehow worked the...

'You must have dropped this' a.k.a. a little help with the pretense of dignity

1,341 views | Posted by A friend on October 23, 2025

While I'm not wealthy, I'm finally in not-constantly-panicking financial shape and occasionally able to help people. Today I was at the bank, noticed the customer next to me was having some difficulties... had been overdrawn, was depositing a money order, distressed that she couldn't get any of that money for several...

I Run a Buy Nothing Group... And They All Came Together

1,332 views | Posted by A friend on October 27, 2025

As the title says, I run a local buy project nothing group and I've been battling brain cancer and I survive on my military pension since I haven't been able to work since July. So I'm very food insecure, and I am not eligible for EBT. I ended up in the hospital yesterday and I asked if someone in my group...

Caught in the Claws

1,320 views | Posted by Leann Freedom on October 25, 2025

Frequently we go to a shopping mall with the view of the mighty pacific ocean. A half empty mall that contains many good memories of my childhood. My son with special needs loves this mall and asks to go here often. I bring him to his favorite place and then go with my little girl to explore the fun shops and kid friendly places...

Dr. Brown's Made My Year

1,273 views | Posted by A friend on October 31, 2025

My child is autistic and has an extremely limited diet. They also refuse to drink out of any cup except the one pictured. Dr. Brown's recently changed their manufacturing process, and the lids to these cups took on a rougher, more frosted looking appearance as opposed to the shiny finish my child is used to seeing, so my...

The Store Did Me A Favor Today. So I Do A Favor For You

1,271 views | Posted by A friend on November 6, 2025

I’m sitting here on my lunch break writing this as I just witnessed it. For context, I’m a Shift Supervisor for a retail drug store chain in the USA. Currently the USA government has shut down, unfortunately it’s impacting people who are on government assistance. One form of government assistance in the USA is...

My grandpa felt lonely after my grandma passed. I bought a second PS3 now we play Minecraft every night

1,258 views | Posted by A friend on October 28, 2025

My grandpa has been really lost since my grandma died last year and it also affected me in a really bad way. He lives alone and i could tell he was super lonely, he would just sit and watch old tv shows all day. I was at his house playing minecraft on my old ps3 a few months ago and he just sat and watched me for like an hour. He...

I love my MIL and Pecan pie. I promise those two things are connected

1,248 views | Posted by A friend on October 24, 2025

I've been married for 12 years and my MIL is the sweetest person. I've always complained that its expected for the in law relationship to just automatically be toxic. I could go on for awhile about all the kind things she does for me (and the family as a whole). So side not I love pecan pie, always have. Unfortunately my...

I just finished this year's Halloween rocks

1,195 views | Posted by A friend on October 31, 2025

I posted about a month ago about how I have been painting rocks for Halloween and leaving them out in public for people to find because I saw that this year someone else had done the same. I wasn't sure if this year I was going to get them done in time and considered passing the torch on to the mysterious stranger who had also painted...

My neighbor shovels my driveway every time it snows

1,158 views | Posted by SunshineLD on November 5, 2025

I live alone and have a bad back, so winters are rough. Last year my neighbor started clearing my driveway before I even woke up. I’ve tried paying him, baking cookies, everything-he just laughs it off and says “just pass it on.” People like that make me believe in community...

Three Things

1,146 views | Posted by Kualaco on October 29, 2025

Sometimes we all need a pick-me-up. One thing I like to do, when I’m out taking a walk, is to challenge myself to look for three things in my environment: something surprising, something beautiful, and something kind. It gives me a sense of accomplishment once I check off everything on the list. A...

I was on the train and someone handed me this note

1,118 views | Posted by A friend on November 7, 2025

I was on my way home from a long day at work. I heard paper tearing, but I kind of tuned it out as one does on public transportation. When the train door opened, a guy handed me this and bolted. I looked around confused before reading it and it immediately brought a smile to my face. The note reads: "You look nice....