Category: stories

So Kind It Belongs in a Film Moving to New York City at 18 was a big change for me, especially coming from a small Southern town. I found myself at a…

It was our 10th anniversary, and my husband Carl had thrown an extravagant party. A celebration of love, he’d called it. But as I stood there, a plastic smile frozen on my…

Advice in Pursuit of Justice Amelia recently shared her frustrating restaurant experience, raising important questions about tipping etiquette and the quality of customer service today. What was supposed to be a celebratory…

In order to address her son Aaron’s behavior, a loving mother named Heidi Johnson wrote him a compassionate letter. She posted this letter to Facebook at first, believing that only her friends…

“A MUSICIAN? Have you lost your mind, Leonard?” Kenneth snapped when his son declared his desire to pursue a career in music. Leonard was 18 years old, fresh out of high school,…

Together We agreed to take one child for a few days—our house was small, money tight—until the social worker arrived with seven-year-old Liam and his five-year-old sister, Mia, bound for a different…

“My boyfriend kicked me out after I caught him cheating. I went to a café almost crying since I had nowhere else to go. This man asked me why I was upset….

Stories That Remind Us Why Compassion Matters My daughter slipped a hand into the cardigan pocket and found a velvet pouch and a yellowed note in my grandmother’s delicate script: “For when…

I liked our life. I really, really did. There was something deeply satisfying about the way our apartment smelled like vanilla and order. The way the sun hit the kitchen counter at…

Vacation for the Grandkids – The Next Day, He Called, Crying, and Begged Me to Take Him Home I thought I was giving my six-year-old a gift when I let him join…