Category: Uplifting Stories

New Jersey mom Gilly Garrett started her organic skin care line, Gilly's Organics, at her dining room table in Tenafly, New Jersey. She's now in 9 stores including Whole Foods.
Businesses Who Rock, Good News, Great Giving, Uplifting Stories

How One New Jersey Mom Created Thriving Giving Organic Skin Care Company From Her Dining Room Table

Gilly Garrett thought she was creating organic skin care for herself Gilly Garrett has found a formula for so much more than organic skin care. She’s found a way to give back. Big time. It started at her dining room table It started as a simple experiment to create a scrub made of oils and sugar. She started getting so many compliments from friends they started asking her for some of her beauty secrets. She started selling a little. Then

Read more
Waffle House shooting hero James Shaw, Jr. says his four-year-old daughter was his inspiration to jump the shooter when he saw a moment of opportunity.
Good News, Heroes, Parenting, Uplifting Stories

Waffle House Shooting Hero Says Four Year Old Daughter Was His Inspiration To Act

Waffle House shooting hero James Shaw, Jr. knows the answer to the question. What would you do if you had a chance to save the lives of strangers even if it meant it might cost you your own life. This 29-year-old man knows. He acted. The Tennessean reports Travis Reinking, 29, opened fire at about 3:25 a.m. Sunday morning at a Waffle House outside Nashville, TN. Shaw Jr. had just come in the restaurant when he heard a crash. He

Read more
High school football player Danny Lilya found one incredible way to score two tickets to Super Bowl LII.
Businesses Who Rock, Great Giving, Kids, Overcoming Obstacles, Sports, Uplifting Stories

The Awesome Way This Minnesota High School Football Player Earned Two Super Bowl Tickets

16-year-old Danny Lilya has wanted to be a high school football player for pretty much his whole life. Not just any high school. The one he has grown up cheering for in his hometown, The Moose Lake Rebels. Parents and teachers are all for a kid having a dream. In this case, though, There was one huge challenge– Danny was born with a broken spine and has been in a wheelchair his entire life. Don’t count this kid out. Not

Read more
Homeless man spends his last $20 to save woman stranded with no gas.
Good News, Great Giving, Kindness, Uplifting Stories

Wave Of Kindness For Homeless Man Who Spent His Last $20 To Rescue Stranded Woman

An angel appeared in the form of a homeless man for one young woman after she ran out of gas on a dark Philadelphia highway. 27-year-old Kate McClure was driving late one night earlier this month when she felt her car start to chug. That dreaded chug. The out-of-gas sputter. She made it to the side of an offramp and called her boyfriend who said he would come rescue her. He was an hour away. Meanwhile, a homeless man walked

Read more
Morning Phone Call Reveals Unexpected Revelation From His 91-Year-Old Father
Daryn's Blog, Family, Life Lessons Took Me Long Time To Learn, Love Stories, Parenting

Morning Phone Call Reveals Unexpected Revelation From His 91-Year-Old Father

The call came at 8:45. As it does each morning. Not my phone. My friend, Gene’s. It was his dad. His 91-year-old dad. “We don’t actually say the words out loud,” Gene said, “But it’s his daily, ‘Yes, I’m alive’ call.” Some days the calls are short. Some days longer. Monday was a chatty call. Dad felt like talking. So, Gene shared his story from the night before. How he had splurged. Dug into his family wallet to take his

Read more
CNN correspondent Ed Lavandera and his crew help rescue an elderly couple caught in the floods in Dickinson, Texas.
Good News, Heroes, Kindness, Uplifting Stories

CNN Correspondent Ed Lavandera And Crew Help Rescue Elderly Couple In Texas Floods

CNN correspondent Ed Lavandera is just one of the many reporters, producers and photographers in Texas covering the devastating floods. They are there to do a job. Report the news. And, And, They are human beings first. None finer than the folks who work for CNN. Ed was in the middle of a live shot with anchor Ana Cabrera when they came upon a house with an elderly couple that needed rescuing. There was never a question of what was

Read more
1 2 3 4 5 … 9
Buy Me A Coffee