Tag Acts of Kindness
There’s something quietly unsettling about the idea of being left behind without understanding why, and somewhere deep in the wild terrain of New Zealand, a dog lived through exactly that kind of silence, not for a few minutes or hours,… Continue Reading →
There’s something about funerals that we don’t really talk about until we’re forced to face one, something quiet and uncomfortable about the idea that at the end of everything, when all the noise of life has settled, what really matters… Continue Reading →
This story begins like that. A mother and her three-year-old son had stopped at a McDonald’s in El Reno, Oklahoma, for breakfast. Nothing special about it. Just one of those everyday stops that people make without thinking twice. But while… Continue Reading →
Every week, while putting this together, I find myself thinking the same thing before I even start writing. There is no shortage of noise in the world right now. And somewhere in the middle of all that, it becomes very… Continue Reading →
Let’s start with something simple. If you spend even ten minutes scrolling through the news these days, it’s very easy to feel like the world has gone slightly mad. Wars here, conflicts there, people arguing on the internet about things… Continue Reading →
I’ve heard a piece of advice from people who have gained some notoriety on the Internet, “Don’t read the comments.” Apparently, even the stories that are heart-warming can elicit questionable responses. I was reminded of this advice when I recorded… Continue Reading →