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It was a chilly winter evening, not long ago. My family and I were headed to a small local restaurant for dinner. As I pulled into the small parking lot, there was another car headed in the opposite direction. I assumed he was looking for… Read full story

Should I Have Kept My Nose Out of It?

I work in an office where I see employees abuse the time they take off, say, for lunch. Instead of taking one hour, they take two, and falsify their time sheet. I felt it was my responsibility to say something, so I brought this to… Read full story

Fired For Telling the Truth

I worked at a local service station for 5 1/2 years.  A customer (whose two sons also worked for the company part time) came in to pick up his vehicle after an oil change. He got into his car, drove away, and then broke down,… Read full story

It was a bright and sunny day but all I saw was dark clouds as I sat inside the school psychologist’s office looking with my son’s test results. “Your son’s behavioral problems can cause him to get in serious trouble later in life if they… Read full story

This all happened on a raining day, out of all the days my son and I picked the worst day to go to the store. We didn’t have much money to get all the things we needed, but we went anyway, because something was urging… Read full story

Garbage Detail

A day in October, I was walking along the feeder on my way to catch a bus, I heard a “BANG!” I turned to see a truck continuing along the feeder leaving behind a desk probably purchased from a flea market. It wasn’t securely tied… Read full story

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MISSING: ONE TAN AND WHITE HAMSTER. REWARD! 

It was a bitterly cold February night. The northeast winds blowing off the Atlantic rattled old windows and chilled our bones. “Goldie” had escaped from her cage six days earlier and I tried to encourage my two… Read full story

Without A Second Thought

Vici and Mark did not give it a second thought when they heard a loud crash while standing outside our building.  When they look towards Route 141 that passes in front of our building, they saw a pickup truck spinning out of control and smoke… Read full story

Cocaine Drink Removed From Local Stores

This is a long story, but basically two local gas stations were selling an energy drink called “Cocaine”. Besides 3 1/2 times the caffeine of Red Bull (= 3 shots of espresso), its name bothers some of us. In particular, Chris, a father of 4… Read full story

Today [Lost]

This isn’t my life story, nor will it be. Just a story I was inspired to share about my happenings today.

As the title suggests, I was lost today. I was driving to Atco and made a wrong turn. The first time I had driven… Read full story

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