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Preview: -=- Life's Echoes -=- -=- 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...

Preview: 1000 Marbles... 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...

Preview: 57 Cents 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...

Preview: A Brother Like That A Brother Like That by: Unknown submitted by: Aldridge, David

A friend of mine named Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shiny new car,... More...

Preview: A Good Name 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...

Preview: All Good Things 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...

Preview: Angels, Once in a While 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...

Preview: Ant & the Contact Lens, The 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...

Preview: Are You God's Wife? 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...

Preview: Art of Lost Conversation, The 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...