Just Precious!
Friday, April 25th, 2008While the video quality may be a bit rough, (no doubt due to age), the message from Bill Gaither to his grandson is pricless in this performance of “We’ll Be There.”
Archive for the 'Heart Warming' Category
A Very Special Delivery
Thursday, January 31st, 2008It has taken me until today to find that feel good story which I look for every week. This one has to rank up there among my favorites.
ENCINO, CA. - Operation Gratitude founder, Carolyn Blashek, and Director of Operations, Charlie Othold, traveled 9,000 miles to surprise an unknowing Soldier with the keys to [...]
There is nothing better for a child than a “real home”
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007There are so many children in this country (especially older ones) who are in need of either quality foster care or adoptive families who can show them the love and support they need.
According to this article in the LA Times, there is real progress in placing many of these children.
Saturday was a day unlike almost [...]
The Will to Live
Monday, November 5th, 2007Ten weeks after Rebecca Jones of Starke UK, found out she was going to have twin boys she was told one of the boys, Gabriel, had an enlarged heart and would die.
Doctors convinced her it would be better for him to die in utero where he had a twin brother, rather than be born, [...]
It’s the “little” things that really matter
Saturday, October 20th, 2007Watch, and see if you agree!
And you thought Silly String was just for kids
Friday, October 19th, 2007How fortunate are the troops to have one among their ranks with a Mom like this:
DEPTFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. - After months of frustration, a mother of a soldier in Iraq has found someone to ship about 80,000 cans of Silly String to the troops, who use the foamy substance to detect trip wires on bombs.
[...]
Move America Forward takes Berkeley by storm
Friday, October 19th, 2007Berkeley, California may never be the same.
Mark this day down folks. It was Wednesday, October 17, 2007 that hundreds of pro-troop supporters turned out for a giant pro-troop rally in Berkeley, CA (one of the most anti-military & anti-war cities in this nation). Not only did the size of the rally shock the San Francisco [...]
“Blind Painter”
Friday, October 12th, 2007An amazing and inspirational video.
This young man is proof that sometimes, if you face adversity head on, you can accomplish most anything.
Heartwarming
Friday, September 28th, 2007Miracles really do happen (medical or otherwise).
A Record Setting Fundraiser
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007Some celebrities are remembered for the great movie in which they starred, others for that one song that remains associated with them through the ages. Many have worked diligently for or donated to various charities through the years but one man, every year, has raised mega bucks for a worthwhile organization. That man [...]
A Heartwarming Friday Night Picture
Friday, August 3rd, 2007The phrase “A picture is worth a thousand words,” is certainly synonymous with the one shown with this story:
An Arkansas couple had a baby daughter Thursday — their 17th child and seventh girl — and the pair say they’re still not ready to give it a rest.
This couple has been truly blessed and [...]
A little slice of sunshine
Saturday, July 7th, 2007Have we forgotten those serving in Afghanistan (both our forces and those of other nations)?
I know I am guilty of focusing primarily on Iraq, as that is where the news seems mired daily.
Via, US Central Command one of those feel good stories we seldom see.
THE REAL KITE RUNNERS FLYING THE AFGHAN SKIES
Even though best-selling books [...]
Wife of Missing Soldier Gets Green Card
Monday, July 2nd, 2007Yaderlin Hiraldo Jimenez is the wife of missing Army Spec. Alex Jimenez, one of three US soldiers missing since May. The body of one of the soldiers was found shortly after their disappearance, but other than seeing an ID card, there has been no definite word on her husband.
Mrs. Jimenez entered this country illegally [...]
May Their Parents Safely Return
Friday, June 29th, 2007This video stirred emotions in me which had been dormant for a very long time. It reminded me of a time (and I was one of these kids) when another war became unpopular in this country due to politics and how our returning military members were treated.
From the site which posted and composed the [...]
We are a kind, giving nation
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007Imagine being a fifteen year old girl in a war torn nation whose father was savagely taken from her and the only home she knew burned to the ground. That was the beginning of a long journey for Jennifer Anyayo a native of Uganda, who was a beneficiary of both the medical expertise and [...]
A Very Touching Story Which I Pray Will Have a Happy Ending
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007I just read this short story on CNN.com and it has touched me in a very personal way.
Amid the sounds of mortar and machine-gun fire, a father and son both serving in Iraq were reunited in Baghdad after spending more than a decade apart.
Army Master Sgt. William McGraw and his son, Pfc. Logan McGraw, [...]
Mortgage Fraud Is Up, but Not in Their Backyards
Monday, May 21st, 2007The three women call themselves the All-Broad Fraud Squad.Nearly a decade ago, concerned that mortgage fraud was threatening their pastoral towns, the women — two full-time mothers and a mortgage executive then in their 40s — got together to write down license plate numbers of suspicious cars in their neighborhoods, scour public documents for housing [...]
A Little Known Tribute
Monday, May 21st, 2007The past few days produced little news which left me feeling there was reason to tax my brain and attempt to write something intelligent. Perhaps after all the exhausting discussion on an illegal immigration bill which has not even come to either floor of Congress (while I still applaud the group of bipartisan senators [...]
One Lucky Lady
Saturday, May 5th, 2007I wore a few of these POW bracelets years ago, but sadly I was never fortunate enough to meet the brave men they honored.
This is pretty remarkable:
ELKO, Nev. — As a teenager in Nebraska, Kathy Long wore a POW bracelet as part of a program to honor U.S. soldiers missing in action in [...]
