Here are some of the best short and true stories that we've collected over the years. Take a few moments to read our top 15 "” you'll be glad you did.
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Today, my seventy-five-year-old grandpa who has been blind from cataracts for almost 15 years said to me, "Your grandma is just the most beautiful thing, isn't she?" I paused for a second and said, "Yes she is. I bet you miss seeing that beauty on a daily basis." "Sweety", my grandpa said, "I still see her beauty every day. In fact, I see it more now than I used to when we were young." 2.
Today, I walked my daughter down the aisle. Ten years ago I pulled a fourteen-year-old boy out of his mom's fire-engulfed SUV after a serious accident. Doctors initially said he would never walk again. My daughter came with me several times to visit him at the hospital. Then she started going on her own. Today, seeing him defy the odds and smile widely, standing on his own two feet at the altar as he placed a ring on my daughter's finger. 3.
Today, I walked up to the door of my office (I'm a florist) at 7AM to find a uniformed Army soldier standing out front waiting. He was on his way to the airport to go to Afghanistan for a year. He said, "I usually bring home a bouquet of flowers for my wife every Friday and I don't want to let her down when I'm away." He then placed an order for 52 Friday afternoon deliveries of flowers to his wife's office and asked me to schedule one for each week until he returns. I gave him a 50% discount because it made my day to see something so sweet. 4.
Today, I told my 18 year old grandson that nobody asked me to prom when I was in high school, so I didn't attend. He showed up at my house this evening dressed in a tuxedo and took me as his date to his prom. 5.
Today, when she woke up from an eleven month coma, she kissed me and said, "Thank you for being here, and telling me those beautiful stories, and never giving up on me... And yes, I will marry you." 6.
Today, I was sitting on a park bench eating a sandwich for lunch when an elderly couple pulled their car up under a nearby oak tree. They rolled down the windows and turned up some jazz music on the radio. Then the man got out of the car, walked around to the passenger side, opened the door for the woman, took her hand and helped her out of her seat, guided her about ten feet away from the car, and they slow danced for the next half hour under the oak tree. 7.
Today, I operated on a little girl. She needed O- blood. We didn't have any, but her twin brother has O- blood. I explained to him that it was a matter of life and death. He sat quietly for a moment, and then said goodbye to his parents. I didn't think anything of it until after we took his blood and he asked, "So when will I die?" He thought he was giving his life for hers. Thankfully, they'll both be fine 8.
Today, my dad is the best dad I could ask for. He's a loving husband to my mom (always making her laugh), he's been to every one of my soccer games since I was five (I'm 17 now), and he provides for our family as a construction foreman. This morning when I was searching through my dad's toolbox for a pliers, I found a dirty folded up paper at the bottom. It was an old journal entry in my dad's handwriting dated exactly one month before the day I was born. It reads, "I am eighteen years old, an alcoholic who is failing out of college, a past cutter, and a child abuse victim with a criminal record of auto theft. And next month, "˜teen father' will be added to the list. But I swear I will make things right for my little girl. I will be the dad I never had." And I don't know how he did it, but he did it. 9.
Today, my twenty-one-year-old Labrador can barely stand up, can't see, can't hear, and doesn't have enough strength to bark. But it doesn't stop her from wagging her tail a mile a minute every single time I walk into the room. 10.
Today, I was driving home with my grandfather when he suddenly made a u-turn and said, "I forgot to get your grandmother a bouquet of flowers. I'll pick up one from the florist at the corner down here. It'll only take a second." "What's so special about today that you have to buy her flowers?" I asked. "There's nothing specifically special about today," my grandfather said. "Every day is special. Your grandmother loves flowers. They put a smile on her face." 11.
Today, I re-read the suicide letter I wrote on the afternoon of September 2nd 1996 about two minutes before my girlfriend showed up at my door and told me, "I'm pregnant." Suddenly I felt I had a reason to live. Today she's my wife. We've been happily married for 14 years. And my daughter, who is almost 15 now, has two younger brothers. I re-read my suicide letter from time to time as a reminder to be thankful "” I am thankful I got a second chance at life and love. 12.
Today, my dad passed away from natural causes at the age of 92. I found his body resting peacefully in the recliner in his bedroom. In his lap, facing upright, were three framed 8í—10 photographs of my mom who passed away about ten years ago. She was the love of his life, and apparently the last thing he wanted to see before he passed. 13.
Today, my twelve-year-old son, Sean, and I stopped by the nursing home together for the first time in several months. Usually I come alone see my mother who's suffering from Alzheimer's. When we walked into the lobby, the nurse said, «Hi, Sean!» and then buzzed us in. «How does she know your name?» I asked. "Oh, I swing by here on my walk home from school all the time to say hi to Grandma,» Sean said. I had no idea. 14.
Today, I'm a mother of two and a grandmother of four. At 17 I got pregnant with twins. When my boyfriend and friends found out I wasn't going to abort them, they turned a cold shoulder to me. But I pressed forward, worked full-time while attending school, graduated high school and college, and met a guy in one of my classes who has loved my children like his own for the last 50 years. 15.
Today, as my ninety-one-year-old grandfather (a military doctor, war hero, and successful business owner) rested in his hospital bed, I asked him what his greatest life accomplishment was. He turned around, grabbed my grandmother's hand, looked her in the eyes, and said, "Growing old with you." Source: Marcandangel
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