Recently I saw someone feeding the seagulls and was amazed that the seagull were feeding out of this persons hand! I asked him if I could take a photo and we got talking. He told me he was homeless and about his life, which rubbish bins he got his food from and how he had…
. I met a new friend tonight after I paid for her cookie when she did not have enough. Then a guy came in the same shop and was short of change, so she gave over what she had and the shop owner let the next person who was short 6 cents get their soda…
. Two days ago my elderly neighbour came to my home quite distressed. She has been trying to deal with an unusual life situation on her own and combined with lack of sleep, felt she was going crazy. I let her talk it out and then we went to her home, and I stayed with…
. This is the story of a boy who delivered grocery at my place. My mother became friendly with this boy and while talking to him found out that he had finished his graduation in India, came to Dubai for work and as he was not getting a suitable job, he took up the delivery…
There was a man who had cancer. His buddies had a motorcycle run to help him out by raising some money for him. They called it the Brotherhood of Love run. He started to improve and the next year for July 4th he gathered up a few of us and asked if we thought we…
I love mountain biking. Less than a year ago a group of mountain bikers volunteered to form a pilot program which aimed to help inform and educate hikers and bikers about the trail and the beauty around our city park. Usually, the group does not patrol together, so we don’t get too much time to get…
Several years ago, we hit rock bottom. We had two young girls under 4 at the time. I’d heard and witnessed several cases of our local health and human services assuming freeloaders were seeking assistance. As a general rule, they treat everyone as though they fit that category. I was fighting a horrible sinus infection…
. Years ago, when I was really unwell, both physically and mentally, but especially the latter, I was on time for my bus, but it was early. I started to run for it. At 300+ lbs at the time and having hands full with art case and knap sack, and a knee that I had…
. One day a little over a year ago, I walked into my regular nail salon and I noticed a woman wearing a turban on her head. She looked very tired and pale and I noticed that she didn’t have any hair and her eye brows were missing and her eyelashes too. She had dark…
. My daughter, age 7, was outside with her class one day at school. They were working in the gardens and she asked to go in to use the restroom and her teacher granted her permission. As she headed into the bathroom, a lady stopped her and asked what she was doing. My daughter said…
. I was grocery shopping, wandering around the meat department trying to decide what my family would have for dinner that evening. Beside me was a very dignified, but elderly woman who had only a gallon of milk, a carton of eggs and she was looking at the hamburger. She was wringing her hands and…
. It had been raining cats and dogs all night and was still drizzling when I drove my son to his friends house. We traveled along a narrow road we took most days and as we approached the steep hill that sometimes slowed school buses so much they started going backwards, we noticed something unusual….