The Other Side

The Other Side

A sick man turned to his doctor as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said, ‘Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side.’ Very quietly, the doctor said, ‘I don’t know…’ ‘You don’t...
Tanni Grey-Thompson :  Atlet Kursi Roda

Tanni Grey-Thompson : Atlet Kursi Roda

Tanny Grey-Thompson terlahir dengan kelainan tulang belakang (spina bifida) yang menyebabkannya terpaksa bergantung dengan kursi roda. Namun, semua itu tidak mencegahnya untuk menjadi salah satu atlet paralimpiade terbaik Inggris. Tanni telah lima kali berkompetisi...
Stop your Quacking!

Stop your Quacking!

It was a typical hectic wet spring Saturday and I was driving to a local department store in search of a baby shower gift for my daughter, she was having my first Grandchild. I told my husband I would only be gone a short while cause I kind of knew what I wanted to...
An Unexpected Lesson in Life

An Unexpected Lesson in Life

I met an old man today while waiting for my prescription at King Soopers. He was huffing and puffing, tired from pushing his walker around the store. So he took a seat in the chair next to me, almost taking me out with his elbows as he sat down laboriously. I was...
The Gas Can

The Gas Can

“I was fourteen. My family was on the way home from a weekend of camping. Because of the nice weather Dad suggested that we take the longer but more picturesque route over a mountain pass. As we started up the pass, the gate was pulled closed. ‘That must...
Crabby Old Man

Crabby Old Man

When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in North Platte, Nebraska, hospital staff believed that he had nothing left of any value. Later, when the nurses were going through his meager possessions, they found this poem. Its quality and content so...