. I was at the shelter this morning and a fairly old man comes to the gate with his fairly old dog. I am always expecting the worst, so was fully expecting him to just give me the dog and leave. We manage to communicate slightly through the language barrier. He had had the dog…
. This summer, when my husband Mike died suddenly, I was left in upstate NY with a pickup, travel trailer, and car. I managed to get to a campground near my sister’s place and spent the summer there. With so much to do and so many decisions to make, I was not “rowing with both…
. In my school in Dubai, we children are not allowed to carry money to buy food from canteen, instead we have our canteen card in which our parents can fill money online and we need to use this card if we need to buy from canteen. One day at dinner table, I heard my…
. 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…