I came across Archie’s Fight on Instagram. I read about this beautiful little fighter, only two years old, that has been diagnosed with Acute Flaccid Myelitis and Anterior Horn Cell Disease. This is only Australia’s third diagnosis of this disease, which has caused paralysis in Archie’s right arm, both legs, and his chest. I was really…
As a waitress, I meet every kind of person, in every kind of situation. Valentine’s day, being one of the busiest days in the food service industry, is certainly no exception.
As a family, we have made it a bit of a tradition that at Christmas time we do a secret Santa with a little bit of a twist. Often it will be that we have heard of someone in the community that is going through a rough patch or hard time. Maybe they are currently…
Last week my brother was doing one of his long cycle rides hoping for a personal best. He stopped at a road junction and noticed the old lady he was beside was driving a car with a flat tyre. He knocked on her window and changed her tyre for her in the rain. I would…
In 2015 Pembroke Primary School embarked on a multidisciplinary journey, where students were encouraged to work with peers, teachers and local experts to solve real-world problems. The students discussed issues such as animal welfare, health and homelessness. It was the idea of homelessness that really struck an emotional cord with the students. Their overwhelming gratitude…
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.
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.
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…
For the second year in a row, an anonymous person has left a holiday card with $500 cash on my front porch.
We had our Egg Nog, Swedish coffee bread, and Porridge on Christmas morning like we always do. Then off to see Mama at the nursing home. We brought her a small Swedish coffee bread and a candy cane pen. I did her nails, she really liked that and loved the fact Reagan (our dog) came…