When I had my car accident and was trapped in my car, there was a young firefighter who got in next to me in the passenger seat. He held my hand and spoke to me in the most reassuring way as they broke the glass out of my windshield, cut the roof off my car…
In September of 2005, Martha Cothren, a social studies schoolteacher from Arkansas did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with permission of the school superintendent, the principal, and the building supervisor, she took all of the desks out of the classroom. The kids came into first period, they walked in;…
For the second year in a row, an anonymous person has left a holiday card with $500 cash on my front porch.
My 10-year-old son has a friend at school who just moved to the neighborhood a few months ago. I knew he was living with his aunt and uncle and, at first it was him and his sister, but I never asked why. Well my son, Kyril, reminded me the other day to buy a gift…
We made our last delivery of gifts on Christmas eve to a family who recently arrived in Australia. From what I understand, the dad and his 3 children fled their homeland after losing their mum and are now living with his sister and her 3 younger children. According to the children’s teacher, they’ve had some trouble…
We’re having a particularly lean and difficult Christmas this year. With hardly any money in our account, last night my card declined on my small bag of groceries at my local supermarket. I removed an item. I tried another card, but still no good. My order was put on hold while I went to the…
When my son was getting married, I had couple of thousand dollars in my purse as I was getting 4 new tyres on my car.
I found a woman in a wheelchair, stranded in an airport. Her companion had accidentally wandered beyond security and couldn’t get back to help her. Security would not assist either.
While at the hospital today, I noticed a young fella on crutches with a backpack. The receptionist spoke to him about a taxi saying she hadn’t been able to confirm if they were going to pick him up and take him to the airport.
When my husband died I found out that I missed so many things about him that I didn’t expect to miss. I knew I would miss him holding my hand, touching me, and kissing me, but I didn’t realize how much I would miss him not snoring next to me at night.
My daughter Grace became seriously ill in 5th grade and now the illness is back. Three weeks prior to Christmas of that year she was critically ill and was in Intensive Care. She approached me and said she had saved $100.00 and wanted to know if we could buy presents for the sick kids in…
We had our Egg Nog, Swedish coffee bread, and Porridge on Christmas morning like we always do. Then off to see Mama at the nursing home. We brought her a small Swedish coffee bread and a candy cane pen. I did her nails, she really liked that and loved the fact Reagan (our dog) came…