Awesome feeling today when I went to Asda (Walmart supermarket) and met a lady in a wheelchair scooter with her son. I took out half an hour to say hello and listen to their stories of the new baby in the family and how excited they all were to be sharing Christmas together.
I am a great grandmother who is raising two girls. They are my life! I have basically had them their whole life but a few years back, their mother got into drugs and I had no choice other than to go to court to get them.
My story is rather long. I hope that’s ok. Let me start by telling you about my son, Peyton James. Peyton James was an amazing boy. He had beautiful red hair, piercing hazel eyes that changed from green to blue, and a quirky sense of humor. He was born at 28 weeks gestation and weighed…
I spent the holidays in Arizona. I live in Massachusetts and the airport in Boston is an hour away but there is a great bus service to my area. The day I arrived home was the first storm of the winter and it unexpectedly left everything covered in ice. I got off the bus at…
I was at the gas station last night after work very tired after working 8 1/2 hours in a call center. There was this little old lady in front of me needing 5 gallons of gas. She asked the cashier if she could help her pump the gas because she did not know how to…
A few weeks ago, I got a note in the mail from a local charity that said someone had made a contribution in my mother’s name. It listed the amount and the name of the person but I did not know them. I thought, well, maybe it was one of mom’s Facebook friends. I looked…
I was having a bad day yesterday. I started off feeling melancholy, which then turned to real sadness… loneliness… feelings of guilt and disappointment in myself. I tried talking myself out of it as I’m usually very positive and living in the moment, enjoying life in each minute, but yesterday, I was failing myself.
After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, “I love you, but I know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you.” The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my MOTHER, who has…
I am just writing to thank you so much for the wonderful Christmas sack full of presents my family received. It was thoughtfully put together. My children loved their presents and especially the cinema and pizza vouchers as this is a once a year treat for us. I was not expecting any presents for me,…
As the founder of Ripple Kindness Project, I’m keen to be actively involved in caring for my local community, so I’m a member of several committees designed to help improve lives or offer support to people who are struggling financially or emotionally. I’m also part of the “chaplaincy” or student well-being committee at my boy’s…
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;…