My Good Time Stories
Inspirational, Motivational, and Heartwarming Stories
Category: Historical
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There are times throughout our lives when wrongs are done to us that are sometimes very hard to forgive and forget. Hatred fuels bitterness and sometimes the only thing that will help relieve us from this bitterness is the power that we can only receive from God. I read the following true story, written by…
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Today, August28, 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the famous” I have a dream” speech that Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King gave in Washington DC. I simply admire the things that this great man of courage did in his lifetime…his commitment to righteousness, racial equality, and personal freedom. As usual, I tried to find something…
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I came across an article the other day written by Caroline Lee on UPI.com that told the story of a herder from Bolivia who has been revealed as the oldest living person ever recorded. The article stated that Bolivian herder Carmelo Flores Laura turned 123 last month, according to the country’s civil registry. The man…
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I came across this little story about the famous artist Michelangelo written by Tom Russell (inspirational stories.com) that expressed a reminder to us how strong inspiration can be. When we are truly focused on things that we really want to do in our lives… we can do ANYTHING that we dream of doing. The artist…
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I remember as a kid, on a warm summer’s night, taking a walk down the block to this little ice cream store that made the best ice cream in the whole world (according to us kids). There was nothing better in the world at that time, then buying a nice, cool, creamy, soft chocolate cone…
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It was a bitter, cold evening in northern Virginia many years ago. The old man’s beard was glazed by winter’s frost while he waited for a ride across the river. The wait seemed endless. His body became numb and stiff from the frigid north wind. He heard the faint, steady rhythm of approaching hooves galloping…
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They are known as frankfurters, tube steaks, wieners, dogs, wiener wurst, red hots, and sausage…what is this all-American food? You guessed it!! It’s the Hot Dog! No outside summer activity would be complete without them. Picnics, barbeques, and hot dogs are about as American as apple pie and Chevrolet. And why do I mention this…
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Happy Moon Day!!! It was 44 years ago today, July 20, 1969, that one of the biggest accomplishments of mankind happened…it was the day that man first walked on the moon. The astronauts, Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr. became instant worldwide heroes It had only been a short 22 years earlier that…
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I am a 60’s kid. I started watching baseball on the old black and white TV when I was about 7 or 8 years old. The first team that I ever watched was the New York Yankees and from that point on, I was forever a Yankees fan and a baseball fanatic. I tried to…
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It was 1931 and in the professional baseball world, there was upcoming pitching marvel who had signed with the Chattanooga Lookouts, the Class AA team of the New York Yankees. There were a few things about Jackie that made this person a VERY special baseball player. The first exceptional thing was that Jackie was not…