Someday I Will
“Someday is not a day of the week.” -- Unknown We are surrounded by people who need our care. The problem is too...
Someday I Will
TAG: Kindness
You Saved My Life!
You Saved My Life!
“Everybody can be great. . .because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t...
It’s a Wig
It’s a Wig
Dayna Butterbaugh, recently diagnosed with breast cancer and in the middle of high-level treatment, was in a beauty...
I Was Afraid To Talk
I Was Afraid To Talk
My life as a boy was filled with violence, blood and hiding places. My siblings and I were shuffled back and forth between our violent-alcoholic parents and a terribly abusive orphanage.
I carried the abuse inside me like a brick. I felt like I had so many bad secrets that I wasn’t supposed to tell anyone, and I was so scared to let them slip that I stopped talking.
No Retirement for Aunt Margaret
No Retirement for Aunt Margaret
A story from Margaret Stanner, as told to Karen Mulder. Where in the Bible does it say, “When a person reaches the...
I Have Parkinson’s
I Have Parkinson’s
Are you kind and respectful to all people even to those who look or behave differently than you do? My brother,...
Mrs. Grumpy
Mrs. Grumpy
She was crabby! Grumpy! She yelled at the nurses and complained all the time. Just the kind of person I like to avoid, but I couldn’t because she was in the bed next to my mother in a rehab center. Every day when I went to visit my mother, I hoped that 'she' would be sleeping or at physical therapy. One day God whispered in my ear, “When you do it unto the least of these, you do it to me.” Oh! OK! My sister and I started showering Mrs. Grumpy with care and kindness: We brought her flowers, cookies, said “Hi” and asked her, “What may we do for you today?"
