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Deerly Beloved: Tall Tales and Warm Hearts

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor December 4, 2012

Think of the biggest fish story you’ve ever heard. Then wind into that tall tale a story that can warm any heart. Call it deerly beloved.

I’ve heard some of those tall tales that fishermen share. But this one? It’s the coolest and craziest. This captain and his family went out for fish and caught…. deer!

Check out this story – in – pictures. What an amazing day out in the Alaskan waters. It may have been very cold, but this is a heart-warming story. …

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Hot Time in the Old Town – Celebrating Fire Fighters

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor October 23, 2012

There are so many good people who grow goodness in our world. Today I’m celebrating fire fighters. The folks who really understand what it feels like to be part of a “hot time in the old town tonight.” The story goes that Theodore Metz, who wrote the rousing ragtime tune in 1896, was on the road with his band when a band member saw some kids start a fire. It was burning down the building – thus the words about there being a hot time …

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Try To Fix You

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor May 9, 2012

Try to fix you.

http://www.godvine.com/83-Year-Old-Man-on-Oxygen-Brings-Everyone-to-Tears-with-a-Song-1485.html

The sweet man in the video below is an elderly gentleman who planned to sing this song for his best friend. Before that could happen, the friend died. So, he sang it anyway. And softened a lot of hearts. Shortly thereafter he, too, passed away.

This moving tribute is so beautiful. It reminds me, once again, that goodness in action is an amazing concept. We can, in any kind of way that comes from the heart, be a hero …

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Everyday Heroes are Sometimes Well Known

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor May 2, 2012

I was scared for my life. I was upside down.

This is what teenaged driver Weston Masset told the media on April 30th, after being pulled from a car by actor Patrick Dempsey. What a blessing he was to this seventeen year old!

Everyday heroes are sometimes well-known people. It’s life affirming to see celebrities tossing fame out the window and simply reacting with kindness and good instincts.

Dempsey, who has been acting for decades, has always seemed to be a good fella. For …

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Alex Had Cancer and She Wanted to Do Something About It

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor April 24, 2012

Alex had cancer, and she wanted to do something about it. Not for herself – for other kids with cancer.

So she started a lemonade stand. Sounds like a sweet little idea, right? But it grew. And it grew. And it grew some more. People fell in love with Alex as well as her wonderfully good idea. So they supported and they created new branches and soon – there was a foundation in Alex’s name.

I love this foundation. Not simply because of the goodness …

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