A black owner of a chain of restaurants dressed as a homeless man and visited the three restaurants to determine his heir. You won’t believe what happened next. Ken left his opulent mansion looking like a stranger to his former self. Cloaked in dirty, tattered clothes with his unkempt shaggy hair and beard, Ken looked like a time traveler from the Middle Ages to everyone who saw him on the road that early afternoon. He was surely another homeless, forgotten soul, but it was all a perfect disguise. The millionaire owner of a chain of restaurants was simply on a…
Author: town gist
Kind black teen helps old woman fix her TV for free. Next day, she shows up at his home with the police. Jamal had always been a boy with a heart of gold. So, when he spotted old Mrs. Clark struggling to get her TV to work, he didn’t hesitate to offer his help. He knew he was supposed to head right back home after school to take care of his siblings, but he simply couldn’t ignore the old lady’s plea. “Let me help you with that, ma’am,” he said. Little did he know, this simple act of kindness would…
When a woman returns to work after having her baby, she notices her husband’s behavior change. She hides a camera in their home so she can discover what he does when he’s alone with the baby. What she sees leaves her in shock, with shaking hands. Stephanie clicked play on the camera footage. She moved closer to the edge of her seat to really take in what she was watching. As realization hit her, tears flowed down her cheeks. The images of her son and husband were etched into her mind. As she made her way home that evening, she…
“She gave herself to a bomb in the hope of having a child. And when she took a DNA test, she was shocked to find out who the father was. Alice turned off her work computer and looked at her watch. It was almost eight in the evening, and she did not want to go home at all. There was a burning desire to get back to work, to sit here until midnight, and go home when her husband would sleep.But remembering that she had done this once before and then strongly regretted it, she got to sleep only about…
A cop on patrol duty named Dean pulled over a car, but something amazing happened when the driver rolled down the window. When Dean began his patrol that hot summer Friday afternoon, he assumed it would end up as just a normal day out on the field. As a state trooper, Dean’s main duty was to ensure the safety of the streets and highways. He dedicated a significant portion of his patrol time to pulling over drivers who violated traffic laws. That particular afternoon, Dean was just settling down to the business of the day when a white sedan sped…
Evelyn held on to the leather strap hanging from the subway ceiling. She had traveled this route dozens of times, but this time there were tears in her eyes, blurring her view. It had been a long, difficult day for the old lady. She was returning from a devastating visit that had only left her heart more broken than it had been before she traveled. As she tried to blink back the tears, Evelyn glanced around the train car. Most people were absorbed in their phones, books, and earbuds. A young couple sat across from her, giggling at something on…
Edward Mallow’s life didn’t work out the way he’d dreamed. When he was a teen he’d wanted to become a doctor, to help people and heal them, but his father’s death when he was 17 ended that dream. Edward’s mother had fallen ill shortly after, and whatever money his father had left for his education was consumed by medical bills. So he gave up his dream of becoming a doctor and became a veterinarian nurse instead.Edward had to admit that his life wasn’t so bad. He had his mom and he had his job. He wasn’t a doctor, but he…
A viral online video of Kinnady Devine is difficult to watch, but oh so powerful. While in the hospital battling a deadly disease, the sick little girl goes to Heaven. But don’t worry — she comes back praising Jesus and later makes a full recovery! In January of 2017, Rachel and Levi Devine lived every parent’s worst nightmare. Their bright and bubbly 6-year-old, Kinnady, was suddenly fighting for her life.Somehow, the little girl contracted bacterial meningitis, an infection causing inflammation of the membranes (meninges) surrounding the brain and spinal cord. This is a serious disease that can be deadly in…
Little Myla kept crying no matter what her parents did to calm her down. At one point, the young parents even visited a doctor and got her checked, but nothing happened. Then Chris discovered a pin in Myla’s cradle and was astounded to learn how it got there. Stephanie met her husband, Chris, in foster care. Both of them were orphaned at a young age and soon became each other’s whole life. They got married shortly after completing high school and decided to start a family.Chris operated a small restaurant in Florida, and the income, though not great, was at…
We were high school sweethearts. While in school, she offered me her virginity as proof of her love but I turned it down. I told her, “I love you so much that I am willing to wait until I marry you. It’s a promise. I will marry you someday.” At that age, we were sure the future belonged to us. We made plans as though we had the gift of foresight. We were so naïve and ignorant of the course life had prepared for us but we hoped that everything will turn for our good someday.I was ahead of her…