This story is a proof that a single smile can make a difference in someone’s life. One mother was about to complete the last assignment for her sociology class before she graduated. Interestingly enough, it didn’t require nights of studying or writing a bunch of essays, but simply to smile to complete strangers and see what happens.
See how this incredible story goes below.
I am a mother of three (ages 14, 12, 3) and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was Sociology. The teacher was absolutely inspiring with the qualities that I wish every human being had been graced with. Her last project of the term was called “Smile.”
The class was asked to go out and smile at three people and document their reactions. I am a very friendly person and always smile at everyone and say hello anyway…..so, I thought, this would be a piece of cake, literally.
Soon after we were assigned the project, my husband, youngest son, and I went out to McDonald’s, one crisp March morning. It was just our way of sharing special play time with our son. We were standing in line, waiting to be served, when all of a sudden everyone around us began to back away, and then even my husband did. I did not move an inch … an overwhelming feeling of panic welled up inside of me as I turned to see why they had moved.
As I turned around I smelled a horrible “dirty body” smell…and there standing behind me were two poor homeless men. As I looked down at the short gentleman, close to me, he was “smiling.” His beautiful sky blue eyes were full of God’s Light as he searched for acceptance.
He said, “Good day” as he counted the few coins he had been clutching.
The second man fumbled with his hands as he stood behind his friend. I realized the second man was mentally deficient and the blue eyed gentleman was his salvation. I held my tears….as I stood There with them. The young lady at the counter asked him what they wanted.
He said, “Coffee is all Miss” because that was all they could afford to sit in the restaurant and warm up, they had to buy something…he just wanted to be warm. Then I really felt it…the compulsion was so great I almost reached out and embraced the little man with the blue eyes. That is when I noticed all eyes in the restaurant were set on me…judging my every action. I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to give me two more breakfast meals on a separate tray.
I then walked around the corner to the table that the men had chosen as a resting spot. I put the tray on the table and laid my hand on the blue eyed gentleman’s cold hand.
He looked up at me, with tears in his eyes, and said, “Thank you.” I leaned over, began to pat his hand and said, “God is here working through me to give you hope.”
I walked in tears to join my husband and son.
When I sat down my husband smiled at me. We held hands for a moment and at that time we knew that only because of the Grace that we had been given were we able to give. We are not churchgoers but we are believers. That day showed me the pure Light of God’s sweet love.
I returned to college, on the last evening of class, with this story in hand.
I turned in “my project” and the instructor read it….then she looked up at me and said, “Can I share this?”
I slowly nodded and she read it to the class.
In my own way I had touched the people at McDonald’s, my husband, son, instructor, and every soul that shared the classroom on the last night I spent as a college student. I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn….UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE.
Much love and compassion sent to each and every person who may read this.
Learn how to LOVE PEOPLE AND USE THINGS – NOT LOVE THINGS AND USE PEOPLE.
Getting back into the dating world can be strange, and intimidating, especially if it has been a long time since we were last single. But the most important lesson to remember is that it’s important to stay open to others and not judge anyone too quick.
In this funny story I came across online, that’s exactly what a 70-year-old widow had to experience. She was home when suddenly her doorbell rang… but she never expected to see who was on the other side.
Read the full hilarious joke below — and make sure you read until the punchline. Oh, if you appreciated the story, you’re more than welcome to share with others to give them a good laugh too!
A lonely 70-year-old widow decided that it was time to marry again…
She put an ad in the local newspaper that read:
“Husband wanted! Must be in my age group, must not beat me, must not run around on me and must still be good in bed. All applicants please apply in person.”
The following day, she heard the doorbell. Much to her dismay, she opened the door to see a gray-haired gentleman sitting in a wheelchair. He had no arms or legs.
“You’re not really asking me to consider you, are you?” the widow asked: “Just look at you — you have no legs!”
The old gent smiled: “Therefore, I cannot run around on you!”
“You don’t have any arms either!” she snorted.
Again, the old man smiled: “Therefore, I can never beat you!”
She raised an eyebrow and asked intently: “Are you still good in bed?”
The old man leaned back, beamed a big smile and said: “I rang the doorbell, didn’t I?”
Why not help cheer a friend up? Share this joke and help give someone a good laugh!
Peace and Love
Bored Daddy
Why not help cheer a friend up? Share this joke and help give someone a good laugh!
Bitterness of divorce was a firsthand experience for Sean Whalen growing up. His parent got into a huge fight and his mom took Sean an his brother to a hotel. When they arrived back the next morning all the locks were changed.
With a police escort we were allowed to go back in the house for 10 minutes and grab what we needed, not what we wanted. No games, no toys not even pets just the necessities.
They were left with nothing.
During this horrible time Sean watched his mom work hard to support the family. He seen her exhausted and no matter what she still never gave up.
He even saw her down on her knees every night praying for strength so she could do it all again the next day. He never forgot.
Now Sean is grown man and single parent to a son. After losing everything in the recession, he had to put everything on the line to get his life back.
Now he understands what his mother went through for so many difficult years.
Recently, Sean took his son out to eat at one of their favorite Chinese restaurants. As they ate, they struck up a conversation with their waitress. The two soon learned that she was a single mom.
As they continued making small talk, Sean couldn’t shake the feeling inside that there was something familiar about this woman.
She reminded him of his mom
Sean felt compelled to help so Sean left a $100 tip on his $26 bill. He knew it wasn’t enough to change her life forever, but it was something that would brighten her day and maybe give her strength for tomorrow.
Sean sat down later that night and put some thoughts on paper. His words have now inspired thousands:
“The day my parents split up is forever etched in my mind. Me and dad get into a big fight.Me, mom and my little brother take off cause my dad is going nuts. We stayed at a hotel that night. When we came back the next day my dad had changed the locks.I watched my mom plead with him through the door to let us in to get clothes etc. He wouldn’t. We had to go back later that day with a police escort. I’ll never forget the cops handing me a black trash bag saying I had 10 minutes to take the necessities.I loaded up all the clothes I could fit into the bag, and that was the last time I ever stepped foot into the house I was raised in.No baseball trophies.None of my 10,000 baseball cards.None of my stuff.Hell, I left my pet turtle.Me, mom and my little brother moved into a little condo and didn’t have jack shit. People from the church brought over pots, pans, couches, beds, and food.My dad cashed out the bank and literally left my mom with the money in her pocket.Not a damn thing she could do.No family around.No real support other than strangers from church.I only began to realize what mom went through working multiple jobs when I became a single parent. I never understood when I was younger the grind and effort she put in for me and my little brother. She hustled. She worked her ass off to just get by. She did everything she could so that my brother and I had everything we ever wanted.But she worked man.Hard.I still to this day don’t know how she did it.I have no idea how she didn’t throw in the towel at times.I would have.I remember vividly walking past her room countless nights seeing her on her knees praying. I can only fathom what those conversations were like between her and God.I can only fathom the amount of tears that poured down this sweet woman’s face as she pleaded with God for a break.I have felt some intense pain in my day. I’ve questioned many things, but this single mom with two boys never gave up. She never one time gave up. Tonight as my son and I sat at this little crappy Chinese joint we love, there was a new waitress. She stuck out like a sore thumb. The owners are Chinese. The workers are Chinese. And this little white waitress. She was absolutely fantastic and kept complimenting my son on his manners.We ate our dinner.Over small talk and water refills, I got the sense that this single mom didn’t want to be there, but had to be there and she was doing her best to smile.It tore my heart out.I thought of my mom, and I saw the same hustle in this woman that I saw in my mom.A single mom.Maybe by choice.Maybe not.But working on a Wednesday night to ensure she can put food on the table and shoes on the kids feet.Not for opulence.Not for status.But to live.To hopefully be able to provide the things for her kids that will put a smile on their face.I empathized for her.I felt her pain.I kept thinking of my mom and how difficult it is for a single woman to go from home maker, to bread winner.I can’t even begin to understand what that must be like for some moms.I know my tip won’t pay her rent,it won’t pay for kids braces, or keep the fridge full.But I hoped tonight in some way it might put a smile on her face, and she can go home to her babies happier than when she left them.I felt tonight that maybe along the way someone did this for my mom, and that’s what kept her going on nights she wanted to quit.I don’t know.I’ll likely never know.But I do know thisI have been blessed beyond measure, and my mother paved the way for my persistence.She showed me how to bounce back.She showed me what work and effort is.I hope this small gesture with my son tonight brightens this woman’s life so she can wake up tomorrow and fight a good fight.Single moms who grind…. RESPECT.You are beautiful and your posterity will learn from your efforts. They are watching you.Just as I watched my mom.Mom I love you.You are my hero.”
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On February 13, something strange happened to a South Carolina mother that never happened before. She never showed up to pick up her two daughters from school. Teachers and administrator were so concerned they called the police. When the police pulled up to the family home what they found left them numb.
A man broke into the family home and brutally beat the mother. To make that even worse the man kidnapped the girls 4 year old sister, Heidi.
Officers quickly called the paramedics and the mother was rushed to the hospital where she had emergency surgery. At the same time authorities began the search for Heidi and her kidnapper.
When the community heard of what happened they joinded the search. They scoured the area in search of any clues to the little girls wherabouts. They found nothing.
24 hours later and about 400 miles away a railroad worker noticed something out fo the ordinary. A car had been parked close to where they were working but it was deep in the woods and off the main road.
The workers quickly alerted police to the suspicious vehicle.
Riverside Police Chief Rick Oliver carefully approached the vehicle. When he got to the car and looked inside there was a man sleeping next to a little girl. The man turned over the girl but then sped away.
Officer Oliver quickly figured out the little girl was indeed Heidi, the missing little girl everyone was searching for.
Thoma Lawton Evans, was caught and arrested with his prior felony record he will be in prison for a long time to come.
Chief Oliver said that the moment he was able to safely return Heidi to her family was one of the greatest moments of his 20-year law enforcement career.
“This is a blessing,” he said. “It is nothing to do with luck. The good Lord put me in that place.”
So many stories start with a father leaving his family to pursue his dreams, new love interest or selfishness. You don’t hear many stories that start with a mother abandoning her baby and husband. Well get ready because this story is about to break your heart. Spoiler Alert it has a happy ending.
In January 2015 Richard Johnson’s daughter Persephone was born, and his life was changed forever. With this new addition Richard was the happiest he had ever been, until Richard’s wife ran away with their new baby to California.
Why? Everything seemed perfect…she was suffering from postpartum depression. She reached out to Richard and threatened if he didn’t come get the baby right away that she was putting her up for adoption.
After he brought her home he was faced with a whole new set of problems. He never raised a child before. How in the world was he going to function as a single father? Richard did what most of us do these days he turned to Facebook. He found a page called Life of Dad that was dedicated to other single dads.
With this group Richard’s life turned around, He shared his journey on the page. It was the most heartfelt testimonies I’ve heard.
“Life of Dad,
My name is Richard Johnson, and I’m a single father to a beautiful little girl named Persephone. Her mother left about a month after she was born. We still don’t know exactly why, but we suspect postpartum depression played a part. In the first few weeks of it being just her and me, I stumbled upon your page by accident. I was so nervous and scared about being a father in general, but now I was a single father and had to fulfill two roles. I wasn’t sure I could do it.”
“After reading every ‘new parent’ book I could find and clocked in over 1,000 hours in YouTube videos from everything to braiding hair and painting nails to theories on how to deal with common parental issues. I then started to watch your page more closely and saw that there were other fathers out there who were in similar predicaments as me.”
“The page started to turn into a major confidence booster and really helped me through all of this.”
“We’re both very happy now and continue to grow together every day. She’s now 10 months, and I now get asked by my friends for parenting advice constantly. We’ve come a long way, my daughter and me, and we definitely owe part of that to this page and the people within it. So from both of us, we wanted to thank you.
Sincerely, Persephone & Richard Johnson”
In April 2017, Richard posted an update that was exactly what we needed to hear.
“This lovely lady is my girlfriend and Persephone[‘s] wonderful and gorgeous Mother Jennifer.
We had met at the mall while I pathetically attempted to catch her attention by asking if she could help me pick out clothes for Persephone.”
“I explained that I wasn’t sure what actually matched and need some pointers considering my own closet had consisted of nothing but black, faded black, and dark black clothes.
We had talked for months before I allowed her to meet Persephone. Upon meeting her Persephone had made the choice that this would be her mommy.”
Persephone wasn’t a fan of women and would normally shun away from them. She had only known her bearded father and his friends.
The first time they had met Persephone had cried to be held by Jennifer.”
Fast forward to today, Jennifer has helped us become the family we desperately wanted to be. Persephone knows no other woman other than her as mommy.
Richard says that Persephone only know Jennifer as Mommy now. Even Jennifer’s parents are embracing the little girl as their grand daughter.
What a way for this tragic story to turn around to having this amazing ending.
Being a parent has to be one of the toughest jobs ever because taking care of little children is really demanding at times, let alone if you are a child yourself.
When Caitlin Fladager learned she was expecting a baby she was still in high-school and the news came as a shock. How she approached and handled her situation is what left us in awe.
Facebook/Caitlin Fladager
Understandably enough, when her parents and family learned she was pregnant, they were somehow mad at her. They believed she was going to be forced to take care of the child all by herself as they were certain her boyfriend Noah, who was also a teenager back then, wouldn’t want to take any responsibility.
Without even speaking to him about the future, Caitlin went to Noah and started yelling at him, accusing him of something that was only in hers and her parents’ head, and it was that he would just abandon her and their unborn baby. He, however, just told her to wait and see how he wasn’t ever planning on doing such thing.
Facebook/Caitlin Fladager
Noah was there for her and was over the moon when their baby girl was born. Soon after, he proposed Caitlin and she was more than happy to say YES to the father of their bundle of joy.
“My husband was only 17 when I got pregnant with our daughter and I was told to expect him to leave. 4 years ago, when I asked him how he would be different than any other teen dad, he said ‘I guess you’ll have to wait and see so I can show you’ He definitely did.”Facebook/Caitlin Fladager
Today, they do face struggles, but they are always supportive of each other and would never leave each other’s side. Caitlin suffers from anxiety attacks but with Noah’s help she is always able to overcome them. She also takes to social media to write about her feelings. Luckily, she’s not alone but has a loving man in her life.
The couple now has another child, sweet baby boy named Jack. They are happy together and their story serves as an example that one’s life doesn’t have to “bad” only because someone said it will be.
Facebook/Caitlin Fladager
Noah is a caring and devoted father. He and daughter Arianna nurture special relationship. The two bond and have fun all the time, and every month he takes her on a ‘date.’ The little girl gets to choose her outfit, and her dad brings her flowers and then takes her to dessert.
Noah has a picture of Arianna on his key-chain because he says she inspires him to “keep going.” Caitlin is happy to be married to such a loving man.
Facebook/Caitlin Fladager
Caitlin and Noah showed everyone who didn’t believe in them that they are strong, committed, and always by each other’s side. The adults in their life failed them because they didn’t trust in their love, but they never failed one another, and that’s probably what matters most.
A lot can be learned from the relationship these two have, but I guess the most important one is to never judge a book by its cover and never jump into conclusions.
Caitlin and Noah, you are such an inspiration to all of us!
The absolute classic phrase you might have heard is, in the service industry, “The customer is always right”, but as always there are some people out there who prove this wrong!We all know, those of us who have worked in a service job especially, what this phrase really means, there are some who think that, sadly, they are better than everyone else and insist that they are treated that way, almost like a king or queen, and treat customer service like peasants.This woman in this story is working at the check-in counter for an airline is not real, but illustrates a really clever way to deal with quite terribly rude people, customers that is! Her retort to a very not so respectful passenger show him his place in a polite and professional way, it also made me howl with laughter!Go further down this page to read the story and don’t even think twice to share it, the woman retort is completely amazing! The woman at the check-in desk at LaGuardia Airport in New York needs to have a medal for how she dealt with this nasty customer!Have you ever dealt with an irate customer? This is the one for you guy n gals!
The Southwest Airlines flight, a really busy and full flight was canceled, because of really bad weather, this single agent was re-booking everyone to fly again another time.
Then, all of a sudden a super angry passenger pushed his way to the head of the line…
He slammed his ticket on the table and said rudely:
“I HAVE to be on this flight and it has to be FIRST CLASS.”
The agent said in reply:
“I’m sorry, sir. I’ll be happy to try to help you, but I’ve got to help these folks first, and then I’m sure we’ll be able to work something out.”
This passenger was really not impressed at all!Loudly, he demanded so all the other passengers could hear:
“DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO I AM?”
Then the agent smiled and responded in a split-second, by grabbing her public announcement microphone…She said:
“May I have your attention, please?”
“We have a passenger here at Gate 14 WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS.”
“If anyone can help him with his identity, please come to Gate 14.”
The folks who happened to be behind him and hysterical with laughter, the man glared at the woman gritting his teeth…He said:
“Screw you!”
Without even hesitation the woman said, as she smiled nicely:
“I’m sorry, sir. You’ll have to get in line for that, too.”
SHARE this lovely and funny story with your friends and family and have a laugh together!
Peace and Love
Bored Daddy
One thing that is never acceptable it bullying, and even though time passes by the sting of a bully can last forever!A guy from Texas stood in front of a board at a school quite recently to explain just that, the impact of bullying on a child…The Guy, called Greg Barrett started by explaining that his name, in law is Greg Gay, but that, as he said to the board, he was shamelessly bullied as a child because of that name and was at the receiving and of daily, grueling, bullying!Greg said:
“I started out and I had teachers that bullied me, I had kids that bullied me, even the coaches. I had nobody to turn to.”
Then he told everyone about one particular day, he sadly remembers it now still it was so awful!He said:
“One day at lunch, I had my head shoved in a urinal where it busted my lip. I laid on the ground in a fetal position as the kids kicked me”
“I got up, rinsed my face off, I walked out of the lunchroom, walked straight to the principal’s office, and he told me that these kids would grow up someday. They won’t always be like this.”
“But yet, here I am, covered in urine from lying on the ground under the urinal. And they sent me home.”
Greg’s story was a really shocking one, but there was more… He admitted to, that evening, getting his fathers gun, from the drawer where he keeps it, and put it in his mouth and contemplated the worse!
He went on to say:
“Because at this point I had nobody — nobody in the school system — to help me…Is that the way this is going to be?”
Then Greg told all of them all exactly what he meant by pointing to Superintendent Lance Hindt and saying:
“Lance, you were the one that shoved my head into the urinal.”
Then, after Greg made his way straight away from the podium, Lance tried to Laugh it off, he wasn’t convincing!
Greg said, just out of view:
”Do you want to debate? Because I got witnesses that were there when it happened.”
Superintendent Lance Hindt later on then released a statement denying Barrett’s claim!Lance said, in his statement:
“It was difficult for me to listen to a gentleman Monday night recount a bullying incident he said occurred more than 35 years ago”
“As superintendent in three school districts in Texas, I have always tried to create an environment where every student is safe, physically and emotionally. But when an individual impugns my character and reputation as the instigator of those actions, I am disappointed because it simply is not true.”
He also said that the head of the school would have never have allowed these actions to happen.
The statement finished:“I do not suggest that Mr. Barrett was not bullied, only that I was not part of it. Bullying is wrong. Period. It was then and it is today,” the statement concluded.”
Another guy, a businessman also came forward and stated that Lance was a bully all through middle school and high school too!But even with all that the school board blindly stands behind Lance!Katy ISD board president, Ashley Vann, said:
“The board fully vetted Dr. Lance Hindt before hiring him two years ago …His strong leadership and fulfillment of our vision since then has affirmed our decision. We stand united with Dr. Hindt today.”
Greg said:
“People change. They do stupid stuff when they’re young …I just want him to acknowledge it, say he’s sorry and make some changes so this doesn’t continue to happen.”
Please SHARE this story with your friends and family, maybe the SHAME will persuade all to the right thing!
Now he understands what his mother went through for so many difficult years.
Recently, Sean took his son out to eat at one of their favorite Chinese restaurants. As they ate, they struck up a conversation with their waitress. The two soon learned that she was a single mom.
As they continued making small talk, Sean couldn’t shake the feeling inside that there was something familiar about this woman.
She reminded him of his mom
Sean felt compelled to help so Sean left a $100 tip on his $26 bill. He knew it wasn’t enough to change her life forever, but it was something that would brighten her day and maybe give her strength for tomorrow.
Sean sat down later that night and put some thoughts on paper. His words have now inspired thousands:
“The day my parents split up is forever etched in my mind. Me and dad get into a big fight.Me, mom and my little brother take off cause my dad is going nuts. We stayed at a hotel that night. When we came back the next day my dad had changed the locks.I watched my mom plead with him through the door to let us in to get clothes etc. He wouldn’t.
We had to go back later that day with a police escort. I’ll never forget the cops handing me a black trash bag saying I had 10 minutes to take the necessities.I loaded up all the clothes I could fit into the bag, and that was the last time I ever stepped foot into the house I was raised in.
No baseball trophies.
None of my 10,000 baseball cards.
None of my stuff.
Hell, I left my pet turtle.
Me, mom and my little brother moved into a little condo and didn’t have jack shit. People from the church brought over pots, pans, couches, beds, and food.My dad cashed out the bank and literally left my mom with the money in her pocket.
Not a damn thing she could do.
No family around.
No real support other than strangers from church.
I only began to realize what mom went through working multiple jobs when I became a single parent. I never understood when I was younger the grind and effort she put in for me and my little brother. She hustled. She worked her ass off to just get by. She did everything she could so that my brother and I had everything we ever wanted.
But she worked man.
Hard.
I still to this day don’t know how she did it.
I have no idea how she didn’t throw in the towel at times.
I would have.
I remember vividly walking past her room countless nights seeing her on her knees praying. I can only fathom what those conversations were like between her and God.I can only fathom the amount of tears that poured down this sweet woman’s face as she pleaded with God for a break.
I have felt some intense pain in my day. I’ve questioned many things, but this single mom with two boys never gave up. She never one time gave up.
Tonight as my son and I sat at this little crappy Chinese joint we love, there was a new waitress. She stuck out like a sore thumb. The owners are Chinese. The workers are Chinese. And this little white waitress. She was absolutely fantastic and kept complimenting my son on his manners.
We ate our dinner.
Over small talk and water refills, I got the sense that this single mom didn’t want to be there, but had to be there and she was doing her best to smile.
It tore my heart out.
I thought of my mom, and I saw the same hustle in this woman that I saw in my mom.
A single mom.
Maybe by choice.
Maybe not.
But working on a Wednesday night to ensure she can put food on the table and shoes on the kids feet.
Not for opulence.
Not for status.
But to live.
To hopefully be able to provide the things for her kids that will put a smile on their face.
I empathized for her.
I felt her pain.
I kept thinking of my mom and how difficult it is for a single woman to go from home maker, to bread winner.
I can’t even begin to understand what that must be like for some moms.
I know my tip won’t pay her rent,
it won’t pay for kids braces,
or keep the fridge full.
But I hoped tonight in some way it might put a smile on her face, and she can go home to her babies happier than when she left them.
I felt tonight that maybe along the way someone did this for my mom, and that’s what kept her going on nights she wanted to quit.
I don’t know.
I’ll likely never know.
But I do know this
I have been blessed beyond measure, and my mother paved the way for my persistence.
She showed me how to bounce back.
She showed me what work and effort is.
I hope this small gesture with my son tonight brightens this woman’s life so she can wake up tomorrow and fight a good fight.
Single moms who grind…. RESPECT.
You are beautiful and your posterity will learn from your efforts. They are watching you.
Just as I watched my mom.
Mom I love you.
You are my hero.”
Have you ever dealt with an irate customer? This is the one for you guy n gals!
The Southwest Airlines flight, a really busy and full flight was canceled, because of really bad weather, this single agent was re-booking everyone to fly again another time.
Then, all of a sudden a super angry passenger pushed his way to the head of the line…
He slammed his ticket on the table and said rudely:
