Preview: Crumpled And Priceless Crumpled And Priceless by: Unknown submitted by: Aldridge, David

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?" Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give... More...

Preview: Letters To God Letters To God by: Unknown submitted by: Aldridge, David

Dear God, Instead of letting people die and having to make new ones, why don't you just keep the ones you have now? Jane Dear God, Who draws the lines around the countries? Nan Dear God,... More...

Preview: Something For Stevie Something For Stevie by: Unknown submitted by: Aldridge, David

I tried not to be biased in hiring a handicapped person, but his placement counselor assured me that he would be a good, reliable busboy. I had never had a mentally handicapped employee, and I wasn't... More...

Preview: Thanks For the Thorns Thanks For the Thorns by: Matheson, George submitted by: Aldridge, David

Sandra felt as low as the heels of her Birkenstocks as she pushed against a November gust and the florist shop door. Her life had been easy, like a spring breeze.

Then, in the fourth... More...

Preview: Thoughts of a Soon-to-be Veteran Thoughts of a Soon-to-be Veteran by: Forbes, Bruce T. submitted by: Forbes, Bruce

Earlier this year, as I received notification of my pending retirement from the U.S. Air Force, I sat down and wrote the following poem. As today is Veteran's Day here in the U.S., I send this... 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: Cost of a Miracle Cost of a Miracle by: Unknown submitted by: Morgan, Betty

Tess was a precocious eight year old when she heard her Mom and Dad talking about her little brother, Andrew. All she knew was that he was very sick and they were completely out of money. They were... More...

Preview: Benefits of Struggling Benefits of Struggling by: Unknown submitted by: Aldridge, David

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared, he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole.

Then... More...

Preview: Hand, The Hand, The by: Unknown submitted by: Bauer, Barb

My daughter, Kathleen, was 15... too young to seriously date but she had a boyfriend. One evening, when I was leaving to pick up my son,Paul, from baseball practice, she asked if she could just go... More...

Preview: Rudy's Angel Rudy's Angel by: Unknown submitted by: Smith, Sandy

I walked into the grocery store not particularly interested in buying groceries. I wasn't hungry. The pain of losing my husband of 37 years was still too raw. And this grocery store held so many... More...