In 1981, I was a part time DJ at a country music station on graveyard shift. We had restrictions on how often we could play older songs. They were labeled with dates. One night a lady called in requesting a Conway Twitty song. There was something in her voice, but I told her sure, let…
. I went on a south sea cruise for a writer’s workshop, the first time I’d had taken a holiday. I didn’t really know what to do with myself if it wasn’t helping someone else. I felt surrounded by decadence and when we had a stopover on a small pacific island I noticed the adults…
. In the Aldi carpark this afternoon, l was making the trek back with the trolley after putting my groceries in the car, and l came across an elderly lady. The lady was unpacking her trolley and it was blocking the throughfare. She tried to move her trolley out of my way, but l smiled…
. I live in Miami, Florida and work downtown. Years ago we had a couple of record breaking cold temperature nights during our short winter and I saw a homeless man curled up, shaking and sleeping on the floor on my way home at almost 10 p.m. It was freezing by our standards and it…
. When my girls were almost six, we flew from Washington State to Pittsburgh PA. Just the 4 of us. My dad had cancer and a stroke and we weren’t sure he’d make it. My husband dropped us off curbside at the airport. I was carrying their travel backpacks and my own things, trying to…
. When I was 9 years old, I had to change to a new school for grade 3. On the first day of school, my new classmates actually helped me to wipe my desk and chair and packed my pencil case and books under the desk. During lessons time, they took the trouble to ensure…
I find out every day how many kind people there still are. When I shop in any market that is too large to walk, I use a motorized cart because I have trouble walking, losing my balance. However, so many people in that market, anyone of them, ask me if I need help. I am…
. I am 27 years old and from a part of the world which is completely misunderstood by many. I remember when I was a kid studying in 5 standard, my dad had an accident and became handicapped. My mum had to take responsibility of our family. She used to make 100 paper bags and…
. The year before last, my husband and I were having a hard time. Christmas came around and we didn’t have the money to get much for our three kids. We left the house one day and when we came home, there were presents piled around the Christmas tree and a Christmas dinner on the table.
. Today at Wal-Mart there was a guy standing in the cold wind with a sign that he is out of work and has kids. I parked and went in, did my shopping then got in my car to leave. I was driving past him on my way out and made the decision to go…
As a divorced Dad, I was collecting my 7 year old daughter from school for our weekly afternoon together. These afternoons I’d pick her up from school, go to horse riding lessons and then onto our local favourite place for waffles and ice cream before taking her back to her mother. This day, she approached…
. Long story cut short… back in 2007 I was doing the Great Ocean Road in Victoria and went out to dinner with my wife in this gorgeous little seaside town (Apollo Bay I think it was) and during our meal I noticed this lovely older couple enjoying each others’ company whilst dining out also. We…