Sometimes you need to stop and take a moment to think about what really matters in life. The carpenter I hired to help me restore an old farmhouse had just finished a rough first day on the job. A flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric saw quit, and now his ancient pickup truck refused to start. While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. On arriving, … [Read more...]
Little girl calls her mom fat, but mom’s response proves she’s a great parent
Allison Kimmey, an author, self-help speaker, and mother, has battled body dysmorphia since she was a teenager. Throughout her college years Allison was trapped in a bizarre cycle of overeating and excessively exercising causing her to gain, lose, and re-gain hundreds of pounds over a few years. "I would spend the next 10 years fluctuating from a size 4 to 18, gaining and … [Read more...]
Valedictorian gives speech at graduation and shocks audience when he reveals he’s homeless
Griffin Furlong began his valedictorian speech like a lot of people do, but he added a fact that changed everything. He had been struggling with homelessness for 12 years. “Giving up is never an option…Everyone thinks I try to make good grades because I’m smart. Not true. I perform the way I do in the classroom because I have everything to lose," said Furlong. His mother … [Read more...]
Father startled awake by call from frightened daughter, it’s what he doesn’t say that saves her life
Parents never really sleep well after they've had children. Early on the lack of sleep comes from direct parenting like changing diapers or providing comfort from nightmares. As the children grow and leave home, parents lose sleep for an entirely different reason. In the story below one father is woken up in the middle of the night by a phone call from his daughter. His … [Read more...]
Disabled veteran hears a neighbor’s cry for help, proves that heroism comes from the heart
What an inspiration... Bob Butler lost his legs in a 1965 land mine explosion in Vietnam. He returned home a war hero. Twenty years later, he proved once again that heroism comes from the heart. Butler was working in his garage in a small town in Arizona, USA on a hot summer day, when he heard a woman’s screams coming from a nearby house. He began rolling his wheelchair … [Read more...]