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Appreciation

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• Always Remember Those Who Serve
  • Date Added: March 14, 2006
  • Excerpt: In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10 year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and…
• Best Worker I Ever Hired
  • Date Added: March 1, 2006
  • Excerpt: I try not to be biased, but I had my doubts about hiring Stevie. His placement counselor assured me that…
• Don't Leave it on the Desk
  • Date Added: April 10, 2006
  • Excerpt: There was a certain Professor of Religion named Dr. Christianson, a studious man who taught at a small…
• He Gave His Son
  • Date Added: March 20, 2006
  • Excerpt: After a few of the usual Sunday evening hymns, the church's pastor slowly stood up, walked over to the…
• Honest Beggar
  • Date Added: February 5, 2008
  • Excerpt: Willis and Margaret sauntered down the streets of Baguio, enjoying a short reprieve from the intense…
• How do you treat others?
  • Date Added: March 14, 2006
  • Excerpt: During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and…
• Inasmuch
  • Date Added: March 9, 2006
  • Excerpt: Ruth went to her mailbox and there was only one letter. She picked it up and looked at it before opening…
• It's All About Jesus
  • Date Added: August 16, 2006
  • Excerpt: One day Satan and Jesus were having a conversation. Satan had just come from the Garden of Eden, and…
• Laus Deo
  • Date Added: April 5, 2006
  • Excerpt: In Washington, DC there can never be a building of greater height than the Washington Monument. On the…
• Paid for by a Glass of Milk
  • Date Added: March 1, 2006
  • Excerpt: One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had…
• Pickup in the Rain
  • Date Added: March 14, 2006
  • Excerpt: One night, at 11:30 PM, an older African-American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway…
• Quiet Man
  • Date Added: May 3, 2008
  • Excerpt: Carl was a quiet man. He didn't talk much. He would always greet you with a big smile and a firm handshake.…
• Thanks
  • Date Added: November 24, 2006
  • Excerpt: One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose…
• The Last Day
  • Date Added: August 6, 2007
  • Excerpt: "This is to inform you that today will be your last day. Please make every effort to get your affairs…
• The Magic of Three Days
  • Date Added: April 8, 2006
  • Excerpt: It was a beautiful spring day, and a sense of peace stayed with me as I left the cathedral on Easter…
• The Power of Friendship
  • Date Added: March 2, 2006
  • Excerpt: One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school.…
• The Teacup
  • Date Added: April 5, 2006
  • Excerpt: There was a couple who used to go England to shop in a beautiful antique store. This trip was to celebrate…
• The Whipping
  • Date Added: April 18, 2006
  • Excerpt: There was school with a class of students that no teacher had been able to handle. Two or three teachers…
• When You Thought I Wasn't Looking
  • Date Added: July 25, 2007
  • Excerpt: When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I immediately…
• Who Packs Your Parachute?
  • Date Added: May 14, 2006
  • Excerpt: Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by…
• Who You Are Does Make a Difference
  • Date Added: February 27, 2006
  • Excerpt: A teacher in New York decided to honor each of her Seniors in high school by telling them the difference…

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