My heart was warmed at Wal-Mart during lunch. The man had his belongings scanned, and he received the final amount. Apologetically, he glances back at me and begins extracting handfuls of coins from his pockets. He miscounts and starts to get flustered. Gives me a muttered, “I’m so sorry.” His hands and voice are shaking. […]

We sat on the bench by the river again tonight. An hour passed by happily. Jude rocked gently to the music in his ears, flapped his hands, flicked his fingers in the evening sun. A couple of times I leant forward, just readjusting my position, and each time, he reached out, arm in front of […]

Meet Anna! She joined us just four weeks ago and works a few days a week, keeping our lobby clean and chatting with guests. In no time, she’s become the friendly face of our store. Today, Anna took her first order on the frontline. With a little help, she navigated the screen, took names, and […]

“At 6 p.m., I left my kids with my husband and rushed the 15 minutes to her place, socks comically squished into my Birkenstocks.” (Link Below)

August 23, 1945. A gaunt man steps out of a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Manchuria. His hair is white, his body wasted to skin and bone, his eyes dulled by years of hunger and humiliation. This is General Jonathan Wainwright — just freed by the Russians after three and a half years in captivity. His […]