HeroicStories

Strangers in Turkmenistan welcome a traveling backpacker and make him feel at home.

One small girl helps another when she gets caught in the deep water off a sandbar.

Four year olds on a basketball team allow a smaller girl on the other team to run the court during a game. Showing that heroes come in all sizes.

Years later a couple learns that a good deed had actually helped a young girl in need.

The wife and mother of a navy man have a good deed repaid on the way to the airport.

A lifelong career as a teacher gets an unexpected thanks years later in a laundrymat.

A boyscout troup cheerfully changes their seats on a plane and others follow.

By Meg Goldsmith Groton, Connecticut, USA I first met Kerry via the Internet in 1993 due to our mutual interest in baseball. We didn’t actually meet until 1994, when several of us e-mail baseball pals got together in person for a week of baseball and friendship. Not until the year after that did I find … Read more

The tough guy act drops as a boy steps up to feed puppies with his own money.

After a beloved cat passes away true friends show up at the door with the gift of spending time together.