John was waiting for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn‘t, the girl with the rose. Thirteen months ago, in a Florida library he took a book off the shelf and fou...

Grandmother didn‘t just like her coffee, and it wouldn‘t really do her justice to say she loved her coffee. Grandmother was to coffee what a sommelier is to wine. She knew the in...

My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors assured us that with treatment he would be able to walk normally — but would never run very well. The first three years of his lif...

Theauther: 'We met in my hometown in Georgia. I had this car, a ‘56 Ford. And I was kinda wild at that time too. I used to come to her house and it was like a sandy row and I used...

If you choose only to complain and escape from the ordeal, it will always follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong, the hardship will turn out to be a fortune on ...

  There are many stories on how this festival was created. One other story is about a maid. In the Han Dynasty, Mr. Eastern was a favorite advisor of the emperor. One winter d...

Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together. Like pairs of dogs you can find in most any neighborhood, these two loved each other and played together s...

Kandata was floating and sinking along with the other sinners in the Lake of Blood at the bottom of Hell. It was pitch black no matter which way he looked, and the occasional glimp...

My aunt died back in about 2003. She was eighty-four and so was my uncle. When she passed he was devastated. They had been married for over 60 years. We expected him to pass on qui...

One day, the Buddha was strolling alone along the edge of a lotus pond in Paradise. The blooming lotus flowers in the pond were each pure white like jewels, and the place was fille...