My mother died June 9th of this year, she loved to play our State Lottery. Every week for the last 25 years, she has played the same numbers on both lotteries each week. As she got older I would go pick up her lottery tickets for her each week. It got to be a joke…
When I moved from Tasmania and flew in to Brisbane to catch a bus to central NSW, it turned out my purse got pick pocketed at the bus terminal and I only realized as I was on the bus hours into the journey.Â
Yesterday I came out of the grocery store where I had bought groceries for the week and 6 chicken wings to snack on to bring up my blood sugar. I left the store and a guy asked if I could spare any change. I normally don’t carry change but before I left home I grabbed…
My sister in law posted this today. So wonderful! “I just love my son. After a long day yesterday, he asked me where I could be if I could be anywhere I wanted. I told him the beach.
Wouldn’t it be great if you could walk into a store and buy lifelong happiness? The idea’s not as fanciful as it sounds—as long as whatever you buy is meant for someone else. Two recent studies suggest that giving to others makes us happy, even happier than spending on ourselves. What’s more, our kindness might…
. Oxytocin, already dubbed the ‘cuddle hormone,’ may deserve a new moniker as the ‘kindness molecule.’ Scientists have known for more than 50 years that a hormone called oxytocin plays a critical role in stimulating uterine contractions during labor and delivery, and that afterward, it helps a nursing mother to release milk for her infant….
When in my teens and my parents weren’t around, my old friends use to watch out for me and just be there. No judgement but support and guidance. Now I do the same for my daughter and her older friends whose lives have been difficult. Asking nothing, but giving loving support. So rewarding for both….
My son is 2 & 1/2. I took him for a haircut and when the lady across from us sneezed, he got off his chair, went over to her, put his hand on her back and said you ok? I almost fell out of my chair! Â He already says bless you when I sneeze. –…
I write happy moments on my status most days. I am up to 222 just for this year. Number 221 was donating pajamas to a little girl severely injured in a hit and run accident. Focussing on happy moments has transformed my thinking and really – my life! – Shirley 🙂
I work an hour from home and one day on my lunch break, my car decided to make a crazyyyy noice… a loud, screeching sound. Panicked, what was I to do, I call my husband of course. I knew he could fix this problem if I let him hear it over the phone LMAOO…. I…
I saw some kids sitting out the front of their house selling a few things to earn their pocket money. The sun was very hot and it looked as though they hadn’t had much luck, so I stopped to ask if they would be open tomorrow so my sister and I can drop by and…
My sister helped out a couple who were backpackers from Germany. They had been looking for somewhere to have a shower and she offered her place. They were genuinely surprised and so grateful. – Elizabeth