. Today I took my two boys ages 5 & 7 to my workplace to give my colleagues some Christmas Cheer. The boys handed out chocolates and lollies, and wished everyone a Merry Christmas. Towards the end of our morning Casey (the 5 year old) says to me “it’s nice being kind to people, isn’t it…
Something special happened to me and my husband 20 years ago, right before Christmas, but I still remember it like it was yesterday. We were living in New York but had applied for a mortgage to buy a home back in Ohio. It was iffy whether we would get approved and the loan officer told us…
. Driving to an appointment after work today and I see a man on the side of the road with a “hungry” sign. Not uncommon here. I’ve even seen this particular guy before. Today he looks more depressed than usual.
. A few years ago, I was visiting my brother’s niche at the mausoleum. I sat down on a bench in front of the niche and from around the corner, I heard an elderly male voice. He was singing “Have I Told You Lately That I Love You”. It was beautiful. I sat there until…
. Every Saturday night we go to town to feed the homeless. We take a table and make a healthy, balanced meal. We are not a church or an organisation, we just take what food we have and feed the hungry and homeless. We ask how everyone is and chat. Some come slowly and don’t…
I’m going to take a minute to have a proud mom moment. It’ll embarrass him, but that can’t be helped. My oldest is 18, just turned in November. He’s been working at Pizza Hut for just about a year now.
I’m just so proud of my kids I wanted to share their RAOK. They were getting a little bogged down by the presents they wanted for Christmas, so we had a big chat about the spirit of giving. On their own, they decided to bake cookies and give them out in our neighbourhood (even though we don’t…
I met an amazing man called Greg today. He told me of the day 10 years ago that he’d been held up at gun point in his pizza store and lost his will to interact with his customers. He was so disappointed that this young man was so lost that he’d turned to crime and…
I had an amazing set of incidences happen to me and I want to share them, not to brag, but to show that God is always watching over us and if we are in tune with Him (and even when we are not) things work out and opportunities to serve others are given to us…
I became visually impaired as an adult and had to give up all the things I loved doing – especially competitive sport. Coincidentally, I was put in touch with a personal trainer whose specialty was Indoor Rowing. I did not even know that you could compete in something like that, but it was perfect as…
. My husband and I were walking into the grocery store one day. It was cold, snowy and the parking lot was so slushy you couldn’t push a cart from the store to your car. We were about to enter the store and my husband started walking away from me. I turned to see where…
. Oh My God! I’m in absolute shock! In a good way. I went shopping today to try on a couple of dresses as I’m sick and tired of having nothing to wear! Anyway, I found two dresses that I loved. Both cost $119.00 each!!! I could only afford one but decided to lay-by the other dress.