My Good Time Stories

Inspirational, Motivational, and Heartwarming Stories

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I am a 61 year old, father of two boys and have been happily married for 33 years. I have been a Physical Education teacher and coach for 38 years and have loved EVERY minute of it. I enjoy making people laugh and feel good about themselves. It’s fun collecting inspiring and heartwarming stories.from people. So, if you have a good story…let me know! I hope you enjoy my page!! :) Remember: Everyone is fighting a battle that you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.

Category: Family

  • The Other Woman

    After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, “I love you, but I know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you.” The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my MOTHER, who…

  • A Letter From A Mother to a Daughter

    The following letter was written by a mother to her daughter. Simply put…it is beautiful reminder of a mother / daughter (or son) relationship. “My dear girl, the day you see I’m getting old, I ask you to please be patient, but most of all, try to understand what I’m going through. If when we…

  • Saying Goodbye to Mom and the Christmas Miracle

    It was a week before Christmas and my dearly beloved mother was in a coma. She was dying of cancer and had been unconscious since early that afternoon. It was the third night in a row that my wife and I had made our two hour trip to come to my mother’s house to say…

  • Celebrating the Light: Christmas During the Darkness of War

    I read the following story about a Christmas experience that I not only found fascinating but heartwarming as well. It was written by a survivor of World War II and was written in her own words…Helen Grace Lescheid The second World War raged in Europe during Christmas Eve in 1944. Mother, with four small children,…

  • Regrets of the Dying

    My father passed away two weeks before Christmas last year and my mother passed away a week before Christmas 11 years ago. There is not a day that goes by that I don’t think of them and remember the good times that we used to share. The smiles, hugs, kisses, laughs and other special times…

  • The Mother With One Eye

    I came across this story that simply broke my heart and reminded me of an important lesson: never judge a person until you know exactly of what made them the way they are… My mom only had one eye. I hated her… She was such an embarrassment. She cooked for students and teachers to support…

  • The Undying Spirit of Determination

    Here’s a great story of the spirit of unwavering determination and a demonstration that anyone can live their dreams if they have the dedication and desire to stay committed….. In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. However…

  • A Dog’s Tale: When Things Go Wrong

    Sometimes in life, things are never what they may seem. Many years ago, a friend of mine told me the following true story…… When he was growing up, a neighbor of his, Scott, had a big, Golden Retriever, Max, as a pet. Max would get into everything…the garden, the trash cans, ground hog holes, etc.…

  • Grandma’s Apron

      When I was growing up, my grandmother lived with us. Her husband, my mom and her built the house that we lived in. Sadly, her husband, my grandpa, died when I was only four years old…so I don’t remember much about him.   My grandma (we called her Grammy) was my second mom. She…

  • “UBUNTU”

    There are times throughout our lives that we can learn a valuable life lesson from people from another land. The short story that you are about to read, demonstrates a wonderful lesson in a beautiful way! An anthropologist proposed a game to the kids in an African tribe. He put a basket full of fruit…

  • Keep Them Close

    I grew up with practical parents. A mother, God love her, who washed aluminum foil after she cooked in it, then reused it. She was the original recycle queen before they had a name for it.  A father who was happier getting old shoes fixed than buying new ones and would et all of the…

  • Last Dance

    ​How often do we take the ones that we love for granted? Sometimes, we get so busy in our everyday lives that we can easily “forget”  the friends and family that we dearly love and adore. When was the last time that you told a loved one how much you cared for them? How much…