My daughter is the manager of an apartment building and as such has to deal with lease violations that lead to eviction notices. It can be tense and was especially so with one young man who had some issues with drug abuse and anger management. The police had been called to his apartment a few…
A couple of days ago, I received a text from a woman named Gloria who was a wonderful aide/caregiver for my 15-year-old son who has Autism, anxiety disorder and very challenging behavioral issues! She works at a children’s residency/school that my son was attending and living at for a little over two years, a while…
Years ago my sister worked at the Royal Bank of Canada, Puerto Rico bank. A co-worker got hit very badly on his way home. His car was destroyed but he was in worse shape with broken bones and glass cuts all over his face and hands. He was young in his late twenties, just starting…
While eating at my favorite diner, I saw a group of men at another booth. I recognized one of them and went to say hello. This man is a pastor and he was meeting with other pastors for prayer.
It’s no real big secret that restaurants have a time limit for disposing food that has been prepared and displayed. Most places just throw out the excess and guard the disposal like it’s gold.
Rebecca Fowler was my 2nd grade teacher. She was a kind lady who seemed very old to my 7-year-old self. She taught me kindness in every action that she took. She is the first adult I remember reading aloud to me, giving me a love of reading that exists to today. She also taught me…
I’d arranged to meet a new friend for a cuppa and chat. As luck would have it, we both pulled our cars into parking spaces outside the cafe at the same time. As we greeted one another, I commented on a rather unusual brooch she was wearing. Merryn told me that she’d admired it on…
My son has always wanted to save all of the people that were unfortunate not to have a home or even a meal. Many times my son has picked up a homeless person and taken him to breakfast and given him some cash.Â
This year marks the ten-year celebration of me graduating high school. While the time has certainly passed, the memories that most linger are not of all the homework and tests that were taken, but of the people who at one point made up my entire world. Growing up, and even still now, I have the…
One of my coworkers was having a lot of things go wrong. Mother-in-law has Altzheimers and broke her hip, daughter has health scare. So much was going on and on top of it she had a couple days and she had to host her book club. She was worried and figured maybe she would just…
I was not feeling well enough to drive and a friend took me to pick up my girl from school. She’s 80 years of age. Anyway, she hit the curb and blew out the tire.
I’m a 36-year-old adult male with learning disabilities and mental health disorders. Eight years ago my family was forced to move from their home where my three siblings and I grew up due to a home foreclosure.