I Like Stories With A Meaning

Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all constructed boats...

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisurely life with his wife and enjoy his extended family. He would miss the paycheck each...

Last year I was excited to enter a story I wrote in a writing contest. They wanted children's stories with a message. I had written one about giving being better than always getting. Had to update it and spruce it up a bit, then I...

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend more, but have less; we buy more but enjoy it less.

We have bigger houses and smaller...

I'm just one 14 year old saving hundreds of lives. People from all over the world contact me for help and ask me to give them strength. I help men and women addicted to cutting, drugs, and alcohol. Many call me telling me that they are...

A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and a four-year old grandson. The old man's hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and his step faltered. The family ate together nightly at the dinner table. But the...

Dedicated to all who have been blessed with a princess's.
A couple made a deal the night of their marriage to NOT open the door of their room to anybody who comes knocking in the morning for any reason. In the morning the parents of...

Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods. They were discussing their hopes and dreams when the first tree said, "Someday I hope to be a treasure chest. I could be filled with gold, silver and precious gems. I could be...

The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting it into the box.

"There are 5 things you need to know" he told the pencil, "Before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you...

A man stopped at a florists to order some flowers, requesting that they be wired to his mother who lived two hundred miles away.

As he got out of his car he noticed a young girl sitting at the roadside sobbing.

He asked her what...