. While looking at Craigslist, I noticed an ad that stated a family was in need of food. It said they had 2 boxes of cereal and a jar of peanut butter for 4 people to last them 2 weeks. No bread, no milk, no jelly, just what was mentioned. I contacted the person in the…
. One precious Mother’s Day my beautiful niece, Louise Elizabeth wished me Happy Mother’s Day – she’d kept her Christmas cracker gift, a pink plastic heart. Louise tied a pink string around it and tied it around my neck…. I explained to Louise that because I didn’t have children I don’t get wished or given…
. I was working a corporate job I hated but the money was decent. It was about three days before Christmas. I’d headed to the supermarket for groceries and in the ice cream section I found a woman weeping. I asked her what was wrong and she explained that her husband had cleared out the…
. The other day my family received a very nice blessing! My husband and I have 5 children, ages 12, 10, 8, 3, and 20 months. We live paycheck to paycheck. We go out to eat once a week and usually on Tuesday, because that is when most places have “kids eat free”!
.When I first left my husband with my two kids 4 & 2, we moved into city housing. Every Saturday I bought ice-cream from the truck that came round. Apartment kids started hanging around using my kiddie pool, sprinkler and games, so I started buying for them too. Word got around and I soon had 17…
. Years ago while driving across Canada on my way to British Columbia, I must have dozed off as I’d closed my eyes and went into the ditch. I did not crash, I just went over the embankment, into the gully and was driving straight. It was a HUGE surprise when my eyes opened to…
Carrol is a scruffy looking, 48 year old painter. When he is able to find work, he always stops by the cart for a hot dog, usually bringing others with him and telling everyone within earshot how great my Heavnly dogs are. When his job ends, he is out looking for another one, often to…
Today, as I was shutting down my hot dog cart (Lil Joe’s Heavnly Dogs), a young man rode up on his bicycle and asked “how much for a soda?” I was busy breaking down my equipment and without really noticing him, I replied “$1.00”. As I turned to look at him, I noticed he was frantically…
. Years ago I began a tradition of giving back for each holiday we celebrated. One Christmas during a particularly prosperous time in our country, I was shocked to find that there was a “shortage” of in need families. I began to think about who else needed help around the holiday. We always think of…
. There is so much in the news about the bad kids and not enough about the good kids. I want to tell you what happened to my grandsons due to their kindness to elderly people. During “Children’s Moment” at church on Sunday, our Children’s Minister told the kids that when he was in the…
. One of our neighbors makes sure our large driveway/parking area stays cleared of snow. My husband and I are in our 70’s, so snow removal is both a must for us (due to my health problems) and a burden. Our small snow blower will do the job adequately, but Jake’s tractor is much bigger…
As I was leaving the mall today, bundled up to bear the windy winter, I walked right into a lady knocking her over. Apologizing profusely for my oblivious clumsiness, I extended my hand to help her up. When my hands touched hers, she felt freezing. Cold like a metal pole in the dead of winter….