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Today, a homeless man came by our Goodwill drop-station and dropped off two winter coats he said he didn’t need. MMT

#10094 (0) - Sep 2, 2010 by GoRob - Inspiring - Yes, that made me think too! (126) - No, that made me sleepy. (8)

Today, I was sitting in the hospital’s hallway outside my mom’s room waiting for her to recover from her second treatment of chemo therapy. And just as I started to cry, a little girl with a completely bald head sat down next to me, held my hand, and said, “It’s going to be alright.” MMT

#10082 (0) - Sep 2, 2010 by dessa - Miscellaneous - Yes, that made me think too! (137) - No, that made me sleepy. (8)

Today, for the first time in seventeen years I felt confident enough not to put makeup over my birthmark. MMT

#10070 (0) - Sep 2, 2010 by nickole - Inspiring - Yes, that made me think too! (98) - No, that made me sleepy. (21)

Today, as my father, three brothers, and two sisters stood around my mother’s hospital bed, my mother uttered her last coherent words before she died. She simply said, “I feel so loved right now. We should have gotten together like this more often.” MMT

#10058 (0) - Sep 1, 2010 by Jess - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (340) - No, that made me sleepy. (21)

Today at the Atlanta airport, as I walked off a plane dressed in my Army uniform, a little girl grabbed my hand and asked me if I would be going back overseas soon. I told her I would be in 6 weeks. She smiled and said, “Can you please tell my daddy that I love him. My mommy told me he’s never coming home from over there.” MMT

#10046 (3) - Sep 1, 2010 by Lt. PDP - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (457) - No, that made me sleepy. (25)

Today, is the day I had planned to tell him how much I love him, if only he had made it back from Iraq. MMT

#10034 (1) - Aug 31, 2010 by Alice - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (276) - No, that made me sleepy. (134)

Today, she told me she isn’t losing weight for herself, she’s doing it because in 27 years no man has ever taken interest in her the way she is. MMT

#10022 (3) - Aug 31, 2010 by Jane - Miscellaneous - Yes, that made me think too! (281) - No, that made me sleepy. (29)

Today, I told my depressed ex-husband to leave me alone and go jump off a bridge. Tonight, he chose to jump off his apartment building instead. MMT

#10010 (3) - Aug 31, 2010 by june - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (350) - No, that made me sleepy. (26)

Today, and every day that passes, seems like a gradual decent into a way of life I always assumed I could avoid. MMT

#9998 (1) - Aug 31, 2010 by dahli - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (228) - No, that made me sleepy. (23)

Today, I told my son’s teacher that I worry about him sometimes. That I feel like he’s lost. She smiled and said, “He’s not lost. He’s just finding his way.” MMT

#9986 (1) - Aug 30, 2010 by hbs - Inspiring - Yes, that made me think too! (285) - No, that made me sleepy. (51)

Today, she washed the blood stains off the carpet without even asking where they came from. MMT

#9974 (0) - Aug 30, 2010 by Alec - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (279) - No, that made me sleepy. (29)

Today, my mom died of lung cancer. She was only 43. And my two older brothers still refuse to quit smoking. MMT

#9966 (0) - Aug 30, 2010 by Anonymous - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (270) - No, that made me sleepy. (23)

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