My friends and I have been helping a homeless gentleman and his dog for about a year and a half now. The police have made it more and more difficult to find them – with threats of arrest for panhandling whenever they spot him. Still we are always checking the spots we know he goes…
I had a conversation with a woman that I didn’t know on December 20, 2015 at our local Dollar General. We spoke of Christmas and the “cute platter’ she was purchasing. The woman left and later returned with the “cute platter” filled with a variety of baked goodies and said Merry Christmas to you and…
Awesome feeling today when I went to Asda (Walmart supermarket) and met a lady in a wheelchair scooter with her son. I took out half an hour to say hello and listen to their stories of the new baby in the family and how excited they all were to be sharing Christmas together.
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.
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…
We’re having a particularly lean and difficult Christmas this year. With hardly any money in our account, last night my card declined on my small bag of groceries at my local supermarket. I removed an item. I tried another card, but still no good. My order was put on hold while I went to the…
On thanksgiving a few years back, my first solo one after I decided not to hang with my toxic family, I went to my favorite deli and a man asked me for a sandwich. I said sure.
A few years back I was having flowers delivered to my office every single day for a whole month from a secret admirer. It got to a point that my office started looking like a wake. I was sharing the flowers with everyone in my office because I didn’t know what else to do with…
I watched a woman in line ahead of me one day go into sheer panic because she couldn’t find her credit card. I looked around and saw people getting annoyed and the cashier suspended her sale so she could take other customers.
The last few years have been extremely difficult for me and my family. I am still reeling from a devastating loss 8 months ago and I’ve learned that my mom has brain cancer and 3-6 months to live.
On Facebook today, a friend was asking if someone could please take pyjamas into the hospital for her, a few replied unable to help and inquired as to her illness. I was going to visit the town and it would only be a 5-minute drive away, so I arranged a time with her. Immediately one…
While caring for my ill father recently, I saw a man picking up cans from the side of the road whilst I was doing errands. Over the weeks, I began to notice that the people who live along this road were putting out cans for him at the end of their driveways every few days….