Joanne and I had been childhood friends, went through school together and hung out with each other when ever possible. My family was full of drama and chaos. My dad was a alcoholic and there were many fights in our home when he came home drunk and broke. So I stayed away for as long…
AÂ kid that lives down the street from me stole my new car 2 months after I got it. He threw everything in the car away, including my granddaughters car seat and my daughters CD case that held 100 CD’s. He took the change, necklaces hanging from the mirror etc… At the time, he was on…
When my marriage was ‘over’ and it had been decided that that was indeed the case, my ex husband elected to spiral out of control down a path of drugs and alcohol and proceed to become violent and abusive. For a period of time I was locked in a struggle of protecting my child, keeping…
I can’t quite remember when I started thinking about donating my kidney; it was probably some 10 years ago. From when I first became aware of the possibility I remember thinking, wow wouldn’t that be an awesome thing to do. I have always been a healthy person and believed that I could do it. I…
My son is a skateboarder. He is 11 and has been competing locally for the last few years. During a competition 3 years ago, he was skating against 3 other beginner skaters, one of which was a little girl about his age. Since the little ones don’t know a whole lot of tricks, they had them…
Twenty years ago I spent many months in hospital in traction, so so depressed. The most outstanding and memorable thing was a visit by my cat Pi. Arranged by the nurses with my partner. He never understood why I cried and cried! (My partner that is!) My love for Pi just got greater, and my partner…
I have a friend that told me she had looked at a bracelet that cost $300.00 and she just had to have it because it was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. She said she saved to get it although she had a lot of jewelry. She said she bought it and just…
My day started out great, everything planned in advance – but it quickly went downhill. I dropped off two dogs to get spayed at 7:30, I planned to go to college to drop off my daughter’s paperwork, sign my lease agreement on new home, get my new license plate for my truck, go into the…
When my younger son was very sick and was diagnosed with CP, my older son was only two and a half. We would go to the hospital at 5am and return home at 11 pm. Tram to Flinders, train to Rosanna and a 3 mile walk. Pouring rain and dark, I finally lost it and…
My 6 year old fell off the monkey bars as school and hurt her ear, losing the back of her earring. I was called to school as she was very upset as she was hurt. I went to the sickbay to see four of her school friends all huddled around her comforting her, which brought…
I worked with a guy who was really grumpy and would go home sick (a lot), if he had to do something on the second floor (it was an old time telephone switching office). Finally, out of desperation to get something done, I wrote a note to his boss telling him how hard working, helpful and knowledgeable…
I was in the grocery store the other day and there is a big brand coffee shop you have to walk by to get to the store. As I was walking past, I heard a lady saying her mother was ill and she wanted to take her a treat. She was counting coins to get…