They were going to Fort Lauderdale -- three boys and three girls -- and when they boarded the bus, they were carrying sandwiches and wine in paper bags, dreaming of golden beaches and sea tides as the gray, cold spring of New York vanished behind the...
There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose between them. One picture was of...
A light drizzle was falling as my sister Jill and I ran out of the Methodist Church, eager to get home and play with the presents that Santa had left for us and our baby sister, Sharon. Across the street from the church was a Pan American gas station...
Most people need to hear those three little words- I love you. Once in a while, they hear them just in time. I met Connie the day she was admitted to the hospice ward, where I worked as a volunteer. Her husband, Bill, stood nervously nearby as she wa...
When I was growing up I do not recall hearing the words I love you from my father. When your father never says them to you when you are a child, it gets tougher and tougher for him to say those words as he gets older. To tell the truth, I could not h...
Despite the treatment, I felt well enough to drive home that afternoon. But the car was silent as grave. Wanda and I still could not talk to one another about our common problem -- my cancer. She was sitting in the front with me and looking fixedly o...
I remember quite clearly now when the story happened. The autumn leaves were floating in measure down to the ground, recovering the lake, where we used to swim like children, under the sun was there to shine. That time we used to be happy. Well, I th...
However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps h...
A nation of foodies? The UK has become a nation of foodies, with increasingly sophisticated tastes and an appetite for world cuisines. Witness all the TV food programmes and cookery books, the celebrity status of many chefs, the popularity of farmers...
The following are excerpts from international students on the fun elements of their UK experiences: Saiful Bahri Idris: Singapore 'I loved staying in halls of residence! One of the earliest rumours I heard about my college was that it had a 70% femal...
1.I love you not because who you are,but because who I am when I am with you.我爱你不是因为你是谁,而是我在你面前是谁。 2.No man or woman is worth your tears,and the one who is,won\'t make you cry.没有男人或女人值得你流泪...
1. Compliment three people every day。 每天赞美三个人。 2. Watch a sunrise。 看日出。 3. Be the first to say Hello. 先向别人打招呼。 4. Live beneath your means。 靠自己的力量生活。 5. Treat everyone as you want to be t...
Dear God, Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers until it was too late to tell them. I am blessed with the dear mother who is...
在肯塔基州路易斯维尔，有位已故的老人，她叫Nadine Stair ，在她85岁高龄的时候，有人问她，如果她再有一次生命的话，她会做些什么。下次我犯的错误会更多，她回答道。 When the late Nadine...
I was triage nurse that day. I didn't think there would be any patients, sighing about having to work on Christmas. Just then five bodies showed up at my desk, a pale woman and four small children. Are you all sick? I asked suspiciously. Yes, she sai...
