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-=- Life's Echoes -=-
by: Unknown
submitted by: Aldridge, David
A son and his father were hiking in the mountains. Suddenly, the son falls, hurts himself and screams: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!" To his surprise, he hears a voice repeating, from somewhere in... More...
1000 Marbles...
by: Unknown
submitted by: Wilcox, Loretta
The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it's the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it's the unbounded joy of not having to be at work. Either... More...
57 Cents
by: Unknown
submitted by: Aldridge, David
A sobbing little girl stood near a small church from which she had been turned away because it was too crowded'. "I can't go to Sunday School," she sobbed to the pastor as he walked by. Seeing her... More...
A Brother Like That
by: Unknown
submitted by: Aldridge, David
A Good Name
by: Unknown
submitted by: Aldridge, David
During the course of World War II, many people gained fame in one way or another. One man was Butch O'Hare. He was a fighter pilot assigned to an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. One time his... More...
All Good Things
by: Unknown
submitted by: Aldridge, David
Mark talked incessantly. I had to remind him again and again that talking without permission was not acceptable. What impressed me so much, though, was his sincere response every time I had to... More...
Angels, Once in a While
by: Unknown
submitted by: Bauer, Barb
In September 1960, I woke up one morning with six hungry babies and just 75 cents in my pocket. Their father was gone. The boys ranged from three months to seven years; their sister was two. Their... More...
Ant & the Contact Lens, The
by: Zarandona, Josh and Karen
submitted by: Aldridge, David
Brenda was a young woman who was invited to go rock climbing.Although she was scared to death, she went with her group to a tremendous granite cliff. In spite of her fear, she put on the gear, took... More...
Are You God's Wife?
by: Unknown
submitted by: Aldridge, David
An Eye Witness Account from New York City, on a cold day in December... (Wishfully, this is the kind of thing that would happen frequently, everywhere...)
A little boy about 10 years old... More...
Art of Lost Conversation, The
by: Unknown
submitted by: Ashford, Janice
This is the transcript of an actual radio communication of a U.S. naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October, 1995.
Americans: Please divert your course... More...