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: Thought Provoking

  • Just One More Time….

    I recently turned the big 5-0 a couple of months ago and what was even more humiliating, was receiving an AARP membership letter in the mail the very next day…Ahhh! Anyway, I have always been a nostalgic-type guy and I have become even more so during the past months. I usually find myself a few…

  • Lessons From A Grandfather

    I was recently reading a story from my friend at brosia.com which reminded me of the importance of treating our elderly loved ones as they age. Sometimes, it certainly does sometimes get annoying or irritating when an older parent or relative is with us and they have “accidents” or other things that may occur. The…

  • A Promise at the Ballpark

    A child’s faith is tested, but she learns she can talk to God about anything—even baseball. As soon as the words were out of my mouth, I would have given anything to take them back. I looked at that youngster beside me in the car, pixie face eager beneath her baseball cap. Knowing just how…

  • God…Why Did You Let THAT Happen To ME?

    Have you ever seen or heard about a tragedy and said to yourself, why did God allow THAT to happen? Or maybe things don’t work out the way you expect them throughout your day and again, you find yourself questioning God. That is the thing about God that a lot of us quite often forget….is…

  • Evil, Cold, Darkness

    Did God create everything that exists? Does evil exist? Did God create evil? A University professor at a well-known institution of higher learning challenged his students with this question. “Did God create everything that exists?” A student bravely replied, “Yes he did!” “God created everything?” The professor asked. “Yes sir, he certainly did,” the student…

  • Short Heartwarming Stories of Love

    Generally speaking, today’s world is becoming a more and more depressing, discouraging, and sad place to live. People seem to be more selfish than they were years ago and the most important focus in a person’s life is the all-important “me.” I thought that it would be a good idea to create a blog that…

  • I Need Your Stories!!…For My Next Blog

    UPDATE (July 10): As of today, I have only received one story. Come on folks…send in your stories…don’t be shy 🙂 Howdy Folks! I decided that I am going to try to do something different for my next blog….I want to ask YOU…to share a short story about love that either you have experienced or…

  • Last Words

    Sometimes, some things are better left unsaid…. One day a girl, Sara, who was fifteen years old, came home from school in a very bad mood. She’d had a fight with her best friend that day and it hadn’t turned out well at all. “Sara!” her mom yelled. “What are you doing? You know to…

  • The Return of an American Icon

    There was once an American marvel which was “born” in 1930 and affected millions upon millions of people world-wide each year until it met its untimely end last year. What was the name of this wonderful item? It was called…the Twinkie. The world was saddened to hear that this popular, tasty treat was going to…

  • July 4, 1939: A Day That Will Never Be Forgotten

    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…

  • Jackie Mitchell: A Baseball Sensation

    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…

  • Celebrating America’s Freedom: The Declaration of Independence

    This is the third article in my series of “Celebrating America’s Freedom.” I found some interesting facts on just4kidsmagazine.com that I thought would be fascinating to share with you. So, without further ado, here we go…. The Declaration of Independence is a document written by our Founding Fathers declaring America’s independence. A committee of five…