Category: Your Stories

  • Loud but proud

    We were at a local bar to watch the Super Bowl, cheering on our home team the Seattle Seahawks. We sat at the bar to be part of the ruckus, and there was a gentleman sitting by himself next to us. The crowd was boisterous, so I worried that we were going to bother him.…

  • Just two little words

    I was walking along the street the other day, lost in my thoughts and feeling pretty down about the current state of the world. Watching the news is overwhelming. Reports of good news are hard to find. Then I passed a young guy who was taking a selfie on the sidewalk. As he stepped aside…

  • Just the right touch

    At my annual physical this week, the doctor ordered routine blood tests. I dread it every year because my veins seem hard to access and the blood flows slowly into the vials. I warned the tech that I never faint, but the sight of needles under my skin freaks me out. He said no problem,…

  • Keeping the Lights On

    A big snow/ice storm is projected for this weekend across the South and Mid-Atlantic regions. Nobody knows where it will hit or how bad it will be, but there are A LOT of people talking about how bad it could be.  While traveling through one of the areas forecast to receive several inches of snow and/or…

  • When Others Step Up

    Long-term recovery from unexpected eye surgery last fall has left me, at least for the moment, unable to drive, especially at night. As an independent and active person in my 50s, not being able to get myself places has been a hard adjustment. Yet somehow, my network of nearby family and friends shows up to…

  • The Misplaced Cane

    For the last several years, I have required the assistance of a walking cane. I’m now to the point of not needing it all the time which leads to its own problems. At one point, I realized I had misplaced the cane and had no idea where. I backtracked everywhere I had been with no…

  • Balding with Pride

    As a guy with thinning hair and a receding hairline, my husband follows a Reddit thread called r/bald. Their philosophy? Lose your hair, not your head. Take pride in your baldness. It’s nothing to be ashamed of. On the thread, guys share their thinking about whether to shave their head as they go bald. My…

  • Santa’s Helper

    My husband ran to the Dollar Store to get me one last gift bag. A mom and her little girl stood in line. The little girl had picked out about a dozen little things for her grandmother for Christmas. When they got to the register, the mom’s credit card wouldn’t work. Despite trying it many…

  • Seen on a Nametag

    The clerk wore a standard employee name tag. But if you looked close enough, underneath his name in smaller print read: “I love my wife.” You don’t see that every day, so I asked him about it. He smiled and said he’d been married to his high school sweetheart for 40 years. When the store…

  • Lost Dog Found

    Our neighbor came home to find this stanger dog wandering near her garage. He was ok, but seemed nervous and lost. He had an electric fence collar on (which clearly didn’t work), but no identifying information. She sent an email to the neighborhood asking if anyone knew him. No one did. She wasn’t super comfortable…