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Please review our short inspirational stories. Each bite-size story is only a 3-4 minute read but will fill your heart with positive energy. Some of these stories are historic, most are contributed from people just like you. Do you have a story waiting to be told? Please make the next story you see here your own.
On That Shore
Cancer Patient Writes Farewell Poem for Kids Cindy Finch was in cancer's crosshairs. With tubes and tanks surrounding her she needed to find a way to console her children in the likelihood she...
Overcoming Adolescent Pressures and Building Self-Confidence
High schooler finds community acceptance and love in church family. Brittany was the typical teenager in 2020. She was just entering middle school when COVID hit, stranding her with in-home teaching...
Improvise. Overcome. Adapt.
World Champ Faces the Fight of a Lifetime. Manny Johnston grew up in Hawaii. Living in Hawaii is enviable if you are a true Hawaiian, with islander heritage. Manny was only “half Hawaiian,” leaving...
We Don’t Throw Food Away In Our House
Ever wonder where habits come from? For many, it’s early programming that stemmed from learned behavior experienced years ago. One of those habits for me is the reluctance to throw any edible food...
Climbing Out of Fear – One Icy Step at a Time
Bernadette had gotten to a point in her life where seemingly everything was predictable and established, yet at the same time it was crumbling. “For most of my life, fear has ruled me,” she says. A...
One Life Lesson With a Small Side of Abuse…Please
When I was aged 10 in the 5th grade, I attended a Catholic School. My mom actually was my teacher. (That is a topic for another story.) This school was an “Academy.” I’m not sure if by adding the...
Coming to America and Overcoming Abuse
I came to America when I was only thirteen to live with an uncle. My parents had just divorced. I didn’t speak much English and had never met this part of my family. After staying with me for a...
Sir George
George McBride was the owner of Sir George's Smorgasbord, a southern California restaurant chain. I was working as a busboy at 16 at the San Bernardino restaurant. George seemed very old to me at...
Busted Down in San Berdoo
Our car stalled in somewhere off of 3rd street in San Bernardino. Not the nicest part of town. I had just driven the nearly 1100 miles from Shallowater, Texas. I actually had been stopped by the...