Story of the Week
WHERE ANGELS WALK, April 21 2012
Hello, angel-lovers. —Recently a nice lady wrote to ask if we had heard about “pillowcase dresses.” She had made 50(!) and sent them to African girls, but was planning to send the next batch to the girls in Thornton, Arkansas. You need pillowcases (used ones at Goodwill, etc,) thread and some sewing ability, (which lets [...]
WHERE ANGELS WALK, Jan 22, 2012, The Voice
Rose Williamson, of San Francisco, said goodbye to her girlfriend, who stepped off the bus and disappeared into the night. The two young women had seen a movie together after work, and were taking the bus home, as they often did. It was dark and by now the streets were quiet, but even though Rose’s [...]
WHERE ANGELS WALK, Jan 14 2012, Lost and Found
It was almost spring, and Jeannette and Mimmo Aracri, of Newport News, Virginia, were preparing for the season. “My husband, who is Italian, always insisted that wherever we lived, we would have to have a large back yard so he could plant his vegetable garden ,” says Jeannette. This particular lot had all of that, [...]
WHERE ANGELS WALK, Jan 7 2012, Extra Angels?
—“I can’t stand to think what we and the poor would do without you,” wrote Joannie Cayce just a few days after Christmas. Once again, she and her extended family had managed to bring food, clothing and gifts to over 700 children in Thornton Arkansas, thanks in part to donors like you. For those of [...]
Storyof the Week, June 24, 2011, Garage Sale Signal
Dale found something unexpected at a garage sale.
Story of the Week, June 10, 2011, Angel in her Lap
When does a hard fall feel like cotton?
Story of the Week, May 7, 2011, Love in the Lava
Georgia Lea Horvath and her husband, of North Bend, Washington, were grieving the loss of their 26-year-old son, Scott. The three of them had planned to visit the big island of Hawaii in November, but as the departure date approached, neither wanted to go. One day, however, Georgia thought about it again. Maybe the trip [...]
Story of the Week, March 9, 2011, No Batteries Needed
Debe’s mother in law passed away in Wisconsin during January, not the easiest time of year for a funeral. With so many friends and family members traveling to say their last goodbyes, the family decided to hold a memorial service at the funeral home chapel instead of at the gravesite. “We put her photos and [...]
Story of the Week, February 19, 2011, Angel in Hiking Boots
ANGEL IN HIKING BOOTS Angels don’t always announce their arrival. And sometimes the helper is an ordinary person acting like an angel. Either way, they change our lives. Tammy Kline would agree. Tammy, her husband Rich and several others had embarked upon a climb on the Grand Canyon. An experienced hiker (and married to one), [...]
Extra story: Angels Come to Daughter, February 7 2011
Rose was getting ready for bed one evening, and had just turned off all the bedroom lamps and said her prayers. As she finished, she saw a radiant light, just ahead of her, a pinkish-gold color. Was she dreaming? Shocked, Rose watched the vision. Where had it come from? Rose thought of her mother, who [...]
