. My co-worker told me a story about her doctor’s office visit. She was waiting to be seen by her physician when she struck up a conversation with a young man. She related to him and had sympathy for him as he had just lost his job and wasn’t going to be able to afford his…
He was in the first third grade class I taught at Saint Mary’s School in Morris, Minnesota. All 34 of my students were dear to me, but Mark Eklund was one in a million. Very neat in appearance, but had that happy-to-be-alive attitude that made even his occasional mischievousness delightful. Mark talked incessantly. I had…
. I was in Walmart one day checking out and there was a crazy man causing trouble and threatening people. The store employees chased him out, but when I got outside, he was harassing an elderly woman.
I was driving to work when a car suddenly pulled up next to me at the traffic lights and the driver had his window down and was singing out loud to me. I got a fright, but I turned my music down and my window down a bit and he said ‘your back tyre is…
. I was working in a hospice 25 years ago. This particular night, we were full – 12 patients with just me and one other nurse on night duty. Around 10pm, I was trying to get the night time medications dispensed so people could get pain relief and start to think about sleeping.
. I believe more than anything that we are sent to be somewhere for a reason. My son and grandson live overseas and I was blessed to have them stay for three months. My little grandson and I have a strong bond, so saying good bye is so hard on both our hearts.
. I was at the shelter this morning and a fairly old man comes to the gate with his fairly old dog. I am always expecting the worst, so was fully expecting him to just give me the dog and leave. We manage to communicate slightly through the language barrier. He had had the dog…
. This summer, when my husband Mike died suddenly, I was left in upstate NY with a pickup, travel trailer, and car. I managed to get to a campground near my sister’s place and spent the summer there. With so much to do and so many decisions to make, I was not “rowing with both…
. In my school in Dubai, we children are not allowed to carry money to buy food from canteen, instead we have our canteen card in which our parents can fill money online and we need to use this card if we need to buy from canteen. One day at dinner table, I heard my…
. Today I took my two boys ages 5 & 7 to my workplace to give my colleagues some Christmas Cheer. The boys handed out chocolates and lollies, and wished everyone a Merry Christmas. Towards the end of our morning Casey (the 5 year old) says to me “it’s nice being kind to people, isn’t it…
Something special happened to me and my husband 20 years ago, right before Christmas, but I still remember it like it was yesterday. We were living in New York but had applied for a mortgage to buy a home back in Ohio. It was iffy whether we would get approved and the loan officer told us…
. A few years ago, I was visiting my brother’s niche at the mausoleum. I sat down on a bench in front of the niche and from around the corner, I heard an elderly male voice. He was singing “Have I Told You Lately That I Love You”. It was beautiful. I sat there until…