Category — Heartstrings

“An inspirational story about two young boys with huge hearts and a compassionate Papa.” ~Jenn

It was the day before Cameron’s ninth birthday. I expected to hear an excited voice on the other end of the phone in Windsor but there were only sobs and tears. Cameron’s classmate, Destiny, had died suddenly two days before and my youngest grandson was feeling deep, deep sadness.

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A few months ago I stepped out on my patio and noticed around one of the hanging chimes the beginning of the making of a nest. So tiny, I could not believe it. Each day I watched as my resident humming bird earnestly, twig by twig, created and built a nest.

In a week or so it was done and then she began sitting in it, day by day until a few weeks later, she lay two eggs. Would you believe they weren’t any bigger than the size of my fingernail? Daily I would sit out on the deck watching this scenario and I feel this is when she began to trust me more, I would talk with her and I shared how I appreciated that I was privy to share in this sacred time. Within three weeks she hatched two baby humming birds.

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You are beautiful. You are a unique individual. A star like no other; past, present or future. You are on a special journey with a very important purpose.

You are beautiful. You are part of that great oneness known as Spirit. You are also part of its particular manifestation that is the physical universe. Just as you are attached to every other atom and molecule of the cosmos so you are connected to every part of the Great Spirit, or God. Clothed in a physical body that in itself is a miracle of design and creation you have at your heart divine light.

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This is one of many touching stories Rick shares with us in his book “A Large Slice of Life to Go, Please”.  A great read.

Jenn

He was pencil thin and walked with a limp. A thirteen year-old boy with huge yearning eyes who was always an unlucky patient on the children’s floor of the hospital where my youngest daughter was all too often incarcerated.

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After reading this story, I will never again question the reason some people come into my life.  Whether it be for a moment, an hour, or a lifetime.

Jenn

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.

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I found this great post about paying it forward and would like to share it with you.

He was driving home one evening, on a two-lane country road. Work, in this small mid-western community, was almost as slow as his beat-up Pontiac. But he never quit looking. Ever since the Levis factory closed, he’d been unemployed, and with winter raging on, the chill had finally hit home.

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