“He said take my bin out. If he had said put my bin out, it would have been just a normal day in Mackay.”
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“He said take my bin out. If he had said put my bin out, it would have been just a normal day in Mackay.”
João had been living on the streets for three years before he walked into a barbershop asking for a razor so he could trim his beard.
“I needed to know what friends he wanted to come to his party so I could send invites. He said two names, but said they weren’t allowed to come. I didn’t understand. He turned around, at 10-years-old, and said one had told him their mom doesn’t like him and they can’t play with him.”
The most magical place on earth just got even more magical.
“Her diagnosis sent us reeling, but we decided we wouldn’t define Shaina by her condition but by her sunshine personality.”
“This time last year, I was waking up every day wishing I would die. Drowning in a sea of negative energy, I received a message from a friend who noticed something wasn’t right with me. Fast forward 365 days, I’ve never felt more alive.”
“‘You did your good deed for the day!’ Really, it was her sweet words and warmth that touched my heart.”
“Some don’t have parents, live with a grandparent, or are young parents themselves. It’s a tear-jerker because it makes me so happy to change their lives.”
“I reminded him he had $5. We chatted about how every little bit counts. He said, ‘I love animals more than I love money.’ And then I melted into a puddle on the floor.”
“The shoes my son lit up when he saw, was so careful to protect, and was so proud of, now didn’t feel right and were too hard to put on.”