Johnny the Bagger
Mac Anderson tells how Johnny, a grocery bagger with Down Syndrome, began slipping a quote of the day into customers' bags and changed the spirit of his whole store.
22 stories
Love & Friendship
Romance, friendship and the people who show up for us.
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…
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About our love & friendship stories
Stories about love and friendship, and the people who show up for us when it counts.
Readers return again and again to Johnny the Bagger, about a grocery bagger with Down syndrome who began slipping a quote of the day into customers’ bags and changed the spirit of his whole store. Sand and Stone is a short parable about friendship and forgiveness that is often read at weddings and reunions. True Friendship looks at what “a friend in need is a friend indeed” really means.
You’ll find short stories about marriage, love found late in life, friendships that last for decades and the small gestures that say “I care”. They’re easy to share with a spouse, a best friend or someone you haven’t talked to in too long.