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11-year-old girl asks to be an amputee

A girl of 11 has opted to have her crippled left leg amputated so she can run like other children and compete in the Paralympics.

Rallying round: Determined Danielle with friends Sarah Dyer and Lauren Tuey, and teacher Kelly Dowse
Danielle Bradshaw says she does not want to spend her life ‘dragging the other [...]

A smile

A few short stories inspirational… (from the archive)

An inspirational story….Shay’s Account
At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learning-disabled children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question: ‘When not interfered [...]

If I Had My Life To Live Over!…..(from the Archives)

I would have talked less and listened more.
I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained and the sofa faded.
I would have eaten the popcorn in the “good” living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.
I [...]

From the archives

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that [...]

Naughty cartoons

Meet the rock climber with only one arm

Kevin Shields was born with just one hand and told he’d never be able to climb
By KIRSTEEN PATERSON – Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Cliffhanger: The inspirational story of one-armed climber Kevin Shields

An epileptic man who was born with just one hand and told he would never be able to climb a tree or ride a bike [...]

Kseniya Simonova – Sand Animation (Україна має талант / Ukraine’s Got Talent)

This is amazing the words at the end mean ” we are always near”

Run Through The Rain, My Friends!

A little girl had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth [...]

The Limits Of Time

After the divorce, her teenage daughter became increasingly rebellious. It culminated late one night when the police called to tell her that she had to come to the police station to pick up her daughter, who was arrested for drunk driving. They didn’t speak until the next afternoon.Mom broke the tension by giving her daughter [...]

Just desserts

Last week, I took my children to a restaurant. My six-year-old son asked if he
could say grace. As we bowed our heads he said, “God is good, God is great.

Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if Mom gets us
ice cream for dessert. And Liberty and justice for all! Amen!”Along [...]

An inspirational story….Shay’s Account

At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learning-disabled children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question: ‘When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature [...]