Inside the Russian Embassy in London a KGB colonel puffed a cigarette as he read the handwritten note for the third time. There was no need for the writer to express regret, he though. Correcting this problem would be easy. He would do that in a mome...
I'm going to marry you one day. Beth said to her long time crush Jake. She wore her favorite blue teddy bear shirt. Her four-year-old blue eyes shined in the sun. No you're not, you're a girl. Jake said. The California afternoon wind blew his light b...
Just Two For Breakfast 两个人的早餐 When my husband and I celebrated our 38th wedding anniversary at our favorite restaurant, Lenny, the piano player, asked, How did you do it? 当我和丈夫在我们最喜欢的饭馆庆祝结婚38周年纪念日...
One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds darting and dancing. As the strong winds gusted against the kites, a...
Suppose someone gave you a pen - a sealed, solid-colored pen. 假如有人送你一支笔，一支不可拆卸的单色钢笔。 You couldn't see how much ink it had. It might run dry after the first few tentative words or last just long enough to cr...
Feeling of Youth No young man believes he shall ever die. It was a saying of my brothers, and a fine one. There is a feeling of Eternity in youth, which makes us amend for everything. To be young is to be as one of the Immortal Gods. One half of time...
That must be the story of innumerable couples, and the pattern of life of life it offers has a homely grace. It reminds you of a placid rivulet, meandering smoothly through green pastures and shaded by pleasant trees, till at last it falls into the v...
Childrens Tiff Two little kids went out to play In their backyard one summer day. They gazed at cotton candy sky, And argued as the clouds sailed by. There goes a fluffy sheep! Tim cried, As Kimmy scrutinized the sky. I do not see a sheep, she said....
A little boy asked his mother why are you crying? Because I'm a woman, she told him. I don't understand, he said. His mum just hugged him and said, and you never will Later the little boy asked his father, why does mother seem to cry for no reason? A...
So you think I'm courageous? she asked. Yes, I do. Perhaps I am. But that's because I've had some inspiring teachers. I'll tell you about one of them. Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I got to know a little girl name...
How High Can You Jump? Flea trainers have observed a predictable and strange habit of fleas while training them. Fleas are trained by putting them in a cardboard box with a top on it. The fleas will jump up and hit the top of the cardboard box over a...
1. Life is not fair, get used to it. 2. The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself. 3. You will not make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You...
A True Gift of Love Can I see my baby? the happy new mother asked. When the bundle was nestled in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped. The doctor turned quickly and looked out the tall hospital window. The...
The Power of Your Actions One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, Why would anyone bring home all his...
The Power of Your Actions Graduation day arrived I saw Kyle and he looked great. He was one of those guys that really found himself during high school. He filled out and actually looked good in glasses. He had more dates than me and all the girls lov...
