I See You
For those of you familiar with my writing, first of all, thank you for reading the words that stumble out of my mind and heart
Kindness Changes Everything
For those of you familiar with my writing, first of all, thank you for reading the words that stumble out of my mind and heart
A patron walking through the parking lot of a pub in Somerset, U.K., happened upon a crumpled letter lying on the ground. When he picked
I’ve had a rough three years since my husband was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia. I was at the grocery store to buy myself a
We never know, for sure, what is really going on in someone’s life unless they have told us or we have seen for ourselves… At
I crouched against the warm brick of my new school, hidden by a row of bushes from the prying eyes of passing teachers. I waited
We’ve always been a different family. Long before words like Autism entered our every day life my kids knew what it was like to have
Back in the 90s, my brother, Harry, went up north to Inuvik to look for a job. Inuvik is in Nunavut…but back then, it was
This is true story from the assisted living facility where I work. The names have been changed to protect the privacy of the residents. Of
I think I had been up for four days when I robbed the second gas station. But it could have been five days or even
Source: https://twitter.com/seanmichaelchui Kindness Blog’s previous ‘uplifting photos of the day’ include; A Mother Listening to her Deceased Son’s Heartbeat Inside the Donor Recipient ‘My Blind
“It takes a village to raise a child” This phrase is so well known it’s almost hackneyed, and gets trotted out when parents receive support
A long, long busy day, taking pictures at a ‘homes for people’ rally out in the cold. My train was delayed and I had to
As I arrived at work on another bitterly cold morning, I surveyed the sidewalk that stood between the day shelter for homeless men and my
It has truly been my good luck to have lived in Scotland for the last 30 years. You see I am an ex-pat from Illinois
Graham Moore won Best Adapted Screenplay for “The Imitation Game” at Sunday’s Oscars. The screenplay was about Alan Turing, the genius codebreaker who did so
I would have given a kidney if someone would have done any of these things for me after the birth of my second child. To
I BLINKED . . . I blinked. . . When I opened my eyes I was responsible for four precious human beings. As they sit,
It’s most certainly not unusual for men to support the fight for equality and women’s rights. But it is if they choose to wear miniskirts
For many of us daily life seems to pass us by as one ongoing scene of drama and reactiveness in which the lines that define
An upper Manhattan woman slept outside in a makeshift shelter for two days straight — braving ruthless winds and bone-chilling temperatures — as she risked
Just this past week I, a single mom, have been in and out of the hospital during an ice storm. We just moved to this
Dear lady who loudly tutted at me using the disabled loos, I know you saw me running in, with my able bodied legs and all.
I’ve had, what some people might consider, a series of professionally successful years, with my fair share of setbacks along the way. Generally though, I’ve
While the birth of a child is a joyous occasion for most, some parents’ experiences are shadowed with deep sorrow. When babies are born with
What I never learned from my mother was that just because someone desires you does not mean they value you. Desire is the kind of