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Husband Curses Wife’s Boots as He Trips Over Them—When He Realizes Where They’ve Been, He’s in Tears

Here they were. Brown boots, fuzzy on the inside, worn ragged but sturdy as fresh leather, covered in dog hair and the permanent crumbs of family life.

Dear Mom, I’ll Never Be Too Old to Stop Needing You

It doesn't matter how old I am, I'll never stop needing you mom.

Autistic Boys’ Parents Send Him to Visit Murderer in Jail—Radically Changes His Life

From his Colorado prison yard, Vogt explained what he sees as redemption. "This is the thing I do to give back," he said. "When Zach and even the other kids get to work with me, they don't see the murderer. This has given me a chance to do something better."

To the 4 Skateboarders Who Tried to Save a Girl — Just 15 Years Old — From Being Raped in Public

Four heroes were awarded for their bravery at the Calgary Chief’s Awards Gala. These 4 skateboarders did their best to save a girl from the unthinkable — and stayed around to capture the assailant. Here’s my note of thanks.

To the 4 Heroes on Skateboards,

Arnaud Nimenya, Carsyn Wright, James Hielema and Starlyn Rivas-Perez, I don’t know you, but thank you.

When you saw a well-dressed man carrying a drunk young lady through a parking garage in Calgary, thank you for being concerned.

When you heard her start screaming and yelling, thank you for stopping to ask why.

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When he told you that he was trying to call her dad to pick her up, thank you for being respectful in giving a stranger the benefit of the doubt but remaining suspicious anyway.

“You don’t want to really think of the worst in somebody like that,” you said. “You don’t want the situation to be real, so you just brush it off and hope for the best.”

But thank you for doing the exact opposite when your gut intuition told you something was dead wrong.

Kelsey Straeter
Kelsey Straeter
Kelsey is an editor at Outreach. She’s passionate about fear fighting, freedom writing, and the pursuit of excellence in the name of crucifying perfectionism. Glitter is her favorite color, 2nd only to pink, and 3rd only to pink glitter.

Husband Curses Wife’s Boots as He Trips Over Them—When He Realizes Where They’ve Been, He’s in Tears

Here they were. Brown boots, fuzzy on the inside, worn ragged but sturdy as fresh leather, covered in dog hair and the permanent crumbs of family life.

Dear Mom, I’ll Never Be Too Old to Stop Needing You

It doesn't matter how old I am, I'll never stop needing you mom.

Autistic Boys’ Parents Send Him to Visit Murderer in Jail—Radically Changes His Life

From his Colorado prison yard, Vogt explained what he sees as redemption. "This is the thing I do to give back," he said. "When Zach and even the other kids get to work with me, they don't see the murderer. This has given me a chance to do something better."