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Faith The Dog

by Jude Stringfellow An amazing story – what can be achieved with perseverance, patience, love and faith! Faith Stringfellow is an amazing little dog, with an even more amazing story. Faith suffered from a birth defect, she became a member of our family when she was just a three-week old puppy. My …

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Never Forget Your Friends

A newlywed young man was sitting on the porch with his father on a hot, humid day; sipping ice tea with his father. As he talked about adult life, marriage, responsibilities, and obligations, the father thoughtfully stirred the ice cubes in his glass and cast a clear, sober look on …

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The Old Fisherman

A fisherman with a positive attitude story

A True Story by Mary Bartels Bray Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to out-patients at the clinic. One summer evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at …

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How To Be Happy

— Author Unknown Are you almost disgusted with life, little man?I’ll tell you a wonderful trickthat will bring you contentment, if anything canDo something for somebody, quick!  Are you awfully tired with play, little girl?Wearied, discouraged, and sick –I’ll tell you the loveliest game in the world,Do something for somebody, …

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Freezing Lemons! Who Knew?

2 frozen lemon slices

Read this! it may save your life or the life of a friend or loved one. The more you read, the more you want to know… it’s not long, so, read it. It’s amazing! Amazing frozen lemons. That’s all it is… frozen lemons.Many professionals in restaurants and eateries are using or consuming …

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Making A Difference

starfish all over the beach

— Author Unknown One day a man was walking along the seashore. He noticed that during the night many seashells and starfish had washed up on the shore. Thoroughly enjoying the morning sun and cool sea air, the man strolled for miles along the sand. Far off in the distance, …

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A Kindergarten Lesson

Kindergarten teacher teaching educational stories

A kindergarten teacher was helping a boy with a math question and she asked, “If I give you one apple and one apple and one apple, how many apples will you have?” The boy confidently answered, “Four.” Surprised, thinking the boy didn’t listen properly, the teacher asked again, “Listen closely …

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Acts of Kindness

He was driving home one evening, on a two-lane country road. Work, in this small mid-western community, was almost as slow as his beat-up Pontiac. But he never quit looking. Ever since the Levis factory closed, he’d been unemployed, and with winter raging on, the chill had finally hit home. …

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A Soldier’s Prayer

— Author unknownThe soldier stood and faced his God Which must always come to pass…He hoped his shoes were shining Just as brightly as his brass. “Step forward now, you soldier, How shall I deal with you?Have you always turned the other cheek?To My Church have you been true?” The soldier squared his …

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How’d You Break Your Arm?

snow ski lift

A friend just got back from a holiday ski trip to Utah with the kind of story that warms the cockles of anybody’s heart. Conditions were perfect, 12 below, no feeling in the toes, basic numbness all over, the “tell me when we’re having fun” kind of day. One of …

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