Author Archives: Jack

After wrapping up his recent day shift at the State Police-Northampton Barracks, Trooper Timothy Martin hopped into his cruiser and began his drive home on I-91 South in Holyoke. Suddenly, he noticed a traffic jam forming ahead of him. Curious about the situation, Trooper Martin decided to move to the front of the line to […]

“UPS driver Dallen Harrell recognized a lot of the boxes he was dropping off at Jess Kitchel’s house… Because he was getting the same things delivered himself. See Dallen is a new father and knew right away the things he was delivering for the Kitchel’s were for their new baby as well. He saw the […]

Believe in Santa Claus I remember my first Christmas adventure with Grandma. I was just a kid. I remember tearing across town on my bike to visit her on the day my big sister dropped the bomb: “There is no Santa Claus,” she jeered. “Even dummies know that!” My Grandma was not the gushy kind, […]

When I first saw this picture I thought of how fat and ugly I looked and I hated it…then I looked closer and saw the pride and love bursting from my face and it reminded me that long after I am gone my son will have this photo and see the love and pride in […]

Katharine Hepburn, in her own words: “Once, when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one family between us and the ticket counter. That family made a lasting impression on me. There were eight children, all under the age of […]