Category: Interesting Stories

During Thanksgiving dinner, my husband looked at me and said, “You can’t do anything.” The whole family burst out laughing. The cranberry sauce was still warm in my hands when my husband…

My neighbor knocked on my door two months ago, her face blotched from crying, her voice barely steady. She begged me for $200—money she needed to buy medicine for her sick son. I…

‘Gunsmoke’ Star Roger Ewing Dead at 83 Roger Ewing, the American actor best known for his role as Deputy Marshal Thad Greenwood on the classic CBS Western Gunsmoke, has died at the age…

Life has a way of turning the tables when you least expect it. I learned this firsthand when my neighbor, Mrs. Benson, decided that my old truck wasn’t good enough for our…

I grew up knowing I was never really wanted. It’s a strange thing to realize about your own parents, but some truths are impossible to ignore when you live them every single…

I broke my arm because my husband refused to shovel the icy porch, then blamed me for falling. When I came home from the ER in a cast, his only concern wasn’t…

I didn’t start baking to be generous—I baked to survive. At sixteen, I escaped a house fire barefoot in the snow while my parents and grandfather didn’t make it out. Overnight, my…

That tray of chicken in your cart might be telling a story you didn’t notice. One package looks pale, almost pink. Another has a deep yellow tone. Same cut. Similar price. Yet…