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Evoni Williams is proof that Kindness can change your life #AtoZChallenge

Teenager Evoni Williams works at Waffle House in La Marque, Texas, with the aim of saving money so that she can go to college. She does a good job serving meals but it was the random act of kindness she served to a diner that changed her life overnight.

Evoni was at work in the diner when an elderly man arrived. The 78 year old man was on oxygen and by his own admission later, having trouble using his hands in addition to being unable to cut his meal without getting breathless. The partially d...

David 'the NICU Grandpa' Deutchman #AtoZChallenge

Despite 'doing it' for 12 years, David Deutchman's selfless gesture of love gained prominence only recently. Ironically, for a man well past his seventies, this story begins in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

With her baby born prematurely at 25 weeks, a young mother was struggling between watching her child anxiously inside the hospital for weeks and coming home every night to look after her elder child. Every morning, she worried about how her newborn must feel, alone at night inside...

Cleaning for a Reason provides free services for women suffering from cancer #AtoZChallenge

Dealing with cancer can be one of the most devastating challenges a family can go through. Besides the physical and emotional trauma, cancer ravages the finances of the family too, often forcing many families to give up basic requirements just to fund treatment for this deadly disease.

This realization hit Debbie Sardone hard in 2005 when - having given an estimate to a client for cleaning their house via her Buckets and Bows Maids Service - she received a reply that the caller was undergoing...

Johnny Bobbitt Jr is a tale of kindness being repaid manifold #AtoZChallenge

When Kate McClure's car ran out of gas one night on the outskirts of Philadelphia, the young woman was definitely scared. She was weighing the risks of hiking to the nearest gas station when she noticed a bearded homeless man walking up to her car. Unsure of what to do, she stayed inside her car as he approached. But even she could not have imagined the events that occurred next.

The man, Johnny Bobbitt Jr, asked her if she was okay and when he realized her car had broken down, told her to sta...

Aaron Tucker Missed a Crucial Interview to Save an Accident Victim #AtoZChallenge

Aaron Tucker desperately needed a job. This was a man who had just gotten out of prison following a 22 month stint (for a weapons charge), was living temporarily in a halfway house and had a 2 year old son to look after, so yes, finding a job meant a lot to him. It meant so much, in fact, that he had even bought a brand new shirt to wear just to ace the interview at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que in Stamford, Connecticut. He had prepped himself and was on the bus to his destination. And yet, he missed hi...

Heroes of Kindness - The List

There are always heroes around us. We just need to look hard enough.
I believe in that. It is what got me started on this venture to find real-life people from across the world who go the extra mile to bring joy and happiness in the lives of others. I ended 2017 finding 40 heroes of compassion and over 60 positive moments.  
I decided I am not ready to quit yet. So in 2018, the journey to find kind souls from across the world continues.
My goal by seeking out these people of all a...

When Basketball team is down to just one cheerleader, opposing squad steps in #WATWB

99 times out of a hundred, this situation would have ended badly for the cheerleader from NorthWestern High who had traveled down with her school's basketball team to Hardin-Central High School. Due to both ailments as well as rescheduling of the match, Tori Adams ended up being the only cheerleader in the stadium for her school for an away match. The stadium was packed with locals who were there to support their team. Sufficed to say, the high school girl was scared about going out there alo...

20 Things You Probably Did Not Know About Me #SuperBloggerChallenge2018

One of the fun 'blogpost genres' that used to be there back in 2005-6 when I started blogging was the 'Blogger Tags' where you had to answer a set list of questions and then tag others to take it up. It was nice because there was a personal touch to the post for everyone. Nowadays, with most blogs having become niche, we hardly get to see such personal posts and tags, which is kind of sad.

Anyway, I decided to take up one that I found online, modifying some questions to make it more personal...

The Most Touching Song Tributes of all Time #SuperBloggerChallenge2018

The best songs are the ones that sing to your heart. And yes, sometimes even break your heart. Some of the most iconic numbers over the years have their origins from loss, with grief giving rise to legendary songs.

Without further adieu, here are some of the most touching song tributes of all time. I hope you have your headphones on... you are in for a treat today.





See You Again - Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie PuthTribute for: actor Paul WalkerThis piano-hiphop ballad still brings tears to th...

This year, my #AtoZChallenge theme is something very familiar

The #AtoZ Challenge is here once more. For those who need a reminder, it is a writing challenge where bloggers across the world write for every day (except Sundays) of the month of April, usually following the sequence of the alphabets as guides for the posts.
In 2016, I had done a fun series based on something I am good at - Tv shows and trivia.

In 2017, I chose something unique. It started when I was thinking of what to write about and came across a single two line snippet in the news pa...