The morning after I brought home two abandoned twins I’d found in the woods, I heard strange noises coming from my daughter’s room. My heart nearly stopped when I rushed in, and what I saw almost left me in tears. I’ve always believed in showing kindness to others, even complete strangers. But after what happened […]
I was on my way out of the subway after work. I was exhausted and I was in a terrible mood. Then, a guy just grabs my bag and starts running away. I was stunned and I realized that I didn’t care. He stole, so be it. I kept going. Then, this guy comes back […]
Today, a girl I don’t know came up to me in a mall. She said loudly, “I haven’t seen you for ages! How are you?” Then she hugged me and whispered in my ear, “I noticed that there are 2 guys following you, be careful.” Sisterhood!
“My real mom still lives here,” my stepson whispered one night. I laughed it off, until I started noticing strange things around our home. When I married Ben, I thought I understood what it meant to step into the life of a widower. He had been so devoted to his late wife, Irene, and he […]
We rented a garage and began to clean all the old junk out of it. Suddenly we found this bag with 14 sets of pirates and American Indians. It was packed in 1993.
I thought adopting a child would complete our family, but nothing prepared me for the challenges that followed. Just when everything seemed to fall apart, an unexpected turn changed our lives forever. Recently, my husband Mark and I unanimously decided to adopt a child. It wasn’t a decision we made lightly, but it felt deeply […]
A peculiar event transpired at a shopping center in Perth involving a Kia Sportage parked innocuously amidst other vehicles. The highlight of this vehicle wasn’t its make or model, but rather its uniquely crafted license plate, which quickly took the internet by storm. The plate, displaying the number 370HSSV, seems ordinary at first glance. However, […]
My 5 y.o. son died in 2020. My good friend kept telling me, “You need to move on,” and eventually, I coped. 2 months later, she moved to another state for a new job, it was very sudden. One day, I decided to make a surprise visit. When she saw me, she turned pale. I […]
“Love is the greatest inheritance,” my late Grandma used to say. It took her pretending to be deaf and a shocking will reading for her greedy children to finally understand what she meant. Cherish your grandparents while you still can. Hold them tight, whisper “I love you,” and create memories that’ll warm your heart long […]
My daughter was “graded” 7/10 and 14/10 in her homework (just to color some objects) over the last couple weeks, so I wrote in her correspondence book that 14/10 was an error. The school replied, “Tara’s Mom, those were dates. We don’t grade toddlers.” I am embarrassed for myself.