Tell Me A Story (619 views, 25 replies)

Tell us any interesting thing that you have noticed, or experienced in your life. I'll get things started, with an observation.

Over the years, I have developed habits. One is to make a cup of coffee when I wake up, then enjoy it while I look out my window, at my niegbor's pasture, accross the street.. She has about 100 acres of open land. I've seen some interesting things there , over time. My neighbor has a herd of cattle that like to graze in an area that I can easily see. They chow down for a couple of hours, and move on. One evening, she brought in a bulldozer to strip a section of the land in preperation to building a new house. A large area was stripped to bare earth, including room for a yard, and driveway. The next morning I got my coffee, and sat down at the table, when a noise unlike any I had ever heard before got my attention. The cows had come to their usual morning spot to have breakfast, and there was none to be had! Their grass was gone! And they were bawling like a group of three year old children that were not getting their ice cream! They wandered around the bare earth like they were either confused, or angry, but they knew SOMETHING was wrong! And they were letting everyone know it. ... The crying went on for about two hours, as if to say "Put my grass back!:". Then they gradually drifted away. Until then , I had never realized that cattle have a built in GPS...or that they preferred one type of grass over another. Or that they might be creatures of habit, or preference. That they had the capacity to remember one area, and to be disappointed when it was taken from them.
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This is my baby, Bohdi. My husband was feeling his seasonal depression that he gets every year. I told him why don't we start looking for another dog for you. My husband truly speaks animal and is a natural dog whisperer if I ever seen one. We went to a couple of animal shelters and he played with a few dogs but none seemed the right fit. We were at the last shelter and I was up front playing with the cats and told him I can't see anymore dogs in cages so he went back alone. The next thing I knew was he was out front of the place talking to a man and playing with a dog. I go out there and this man tells us his son gave him this dog and he just couldn't care for him but couldn't stand the thought of him in a cage so he was going to have him put to sleep if nobody wanted him. My husband was in NO WAY going to let that happen. We were looking for a female to join our family and that is what we were used to having, so on the way home I voiced my concerns about the fact that he was a boy and wasn't sure how our 2 female pits would take to him. Of course my husband said if they didn't like him then we would find another home for him. I was a little distressed as our oldest pit (who has sadly since passed) was all alpha and I was so worried about the whole situation. Needless to say they became best friends even though bohdi being a small dog with little man syndrome and a boy, they gave each other mutual respect. The funny part of this story is bodhi instantly attached himself to me and became my shadow. We went to get my husband a dog but dogs always seem to know who REALLY NEEDS them even though they might not know it themselves. Three years later he is ALWAYS by my side and he is by far the best dog I've ever had. I said to my husband just the other day it is sad that man was so willing to sniff this beautiful soul right out of this world because he truly missed out on an amazing dog with nothing but love to give. If I'm ever depressed, upset or anxious bohdi crawls up in my lap and gives me pure love until I feel better.
... Rescue dogs are the BEST!
Teeny💋
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Why Do You Say That?

Jill always had a wild spirit and fun-loving attitude. She was 23 back in 2013 and completing her last year at FSU. That is where she met the greatest love of her life, William (Will) Yates.
Will spotted Jill in the Café where he worked to pay for tuition. After asking Jill out, the 4th time was the charm. He was drawn to her for her unique ability to find the good in everything.

After dating for 6 months the two had become deeply in love. Will lost his roommate and Jill moved in. They were the happiest couple I had ever seen. They were together most of the times I saw them. Or texting, I would fuss at Will often for texting when hanging out and he would just laugh at my anger.
This one afternoon Will stopped by and was upset because Jill would not answer his text. I told him maybe she was in class and can’t answer him. He told me she was out of class and should be home. A few minutes later he got a text from her saying she was home. He said he was going home and get something straight about her answering his texts.
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That was the last time I saw my friend Will.
I later found out that he had gone home and Jill had told him she could not answer him because she was driving. And he told Jill that she was to answer his messages even while driving if she really loved him.
The next morning Will left for his 9am class. But not before telling Jill how bad he felt about getting upset about something as silly as texting. She agreed to meet him for lunch on campus at 12:30.
Will arrived at the sub shop they always meet at 12:20 and went ahead and ordered for the both of them. While waiting he sent Jill a message letting her know he was there and already ordered. At 12:42 Jill had not arrived and he sent her another text asking where she was. 12:45, and still no response. Will then decides to go home to see if he can find Jill.
As he walks to the parking lot to his car he hears a police siren in the distance. As he is leaving the parking lot he notices traffic is backing up. He finally gets into traffic and it’s bumper to bumper and Will can see the flashing lights of the first responders, a mile from him and as he gets closer he just keeps sending texts and getting angry at the slow traffic and Jill not answering him again. He gets about 50’ from the wreck and there is a police officer waiving cars around the scene. When Will gets to the officer he stops Will and asked him to stop texting and driving. Will asks the officer, Why do you say that? And the officer says to him. A lady just died in this wreck while texting and she is still holding her phone and never got to hit the send button. Will then knew it was Jill. He got out of his car and started running to the wreck. As he reached the seen the cops tried to stop him from going to her. He managed to break free and get to Jill. He reached in and removed Jill’s phone from her hand. The screen had the words,
’I am almost thersldibcay23’
Will went home later that night and killed himself.

Why do I say this? Because texting and driving will kill the very ones you love the most. DH
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I have a cousin back east; He's pretty right wing and religious,and I accidentally made him so angry,talking about abortion,he never talked to me again.oww!!

But at one time in the past,he said this story was true;the doctors said cousin was so sick,a bad heart,they could not fix,he had a short time to live.(cue xrays ect.)My cousin was at home,watching tv,and he watched this evangelist.The evangelist went around the USA helping people to et well.My cousin kept watching,and since he's pretty Christian,he suddenly had a great light ray,strike his body,It was a feeling that he was well. He had believed the preacher,and believed in God--and it happened.He went back to same doctors,they examined him,did new tests(X-rays, cardiogram?)ect. His heart was very well;the docs were really upset,they couldn't believe it.VERY UPSET!!they had PROOF HIS HEART WOULD DIE.(??!!!)all the tests!!Doctors don't really believe in things outside of medicine.--flabbergasted!!"must be a mistake".no mistake his bad heart was completely healed up.

Years ago after Church(I was quite young) some of us were talking with our Minister and were listening to different stories about miracles. The one our Minister told us I never forgot. He was driving very late(as he traveled to places at times) and it was very foggy and raining he was having a hard time seeing but he wasn't far from where he had to go. He ended up having to swerve for a short time(sorry can't remember why-this was a long time ago I heard this). The next day taking the same road in opposite direction he saw were he swerved and drove for a short period but there was no road because it was a complete drop off. He said it gave him chills and believed it was a miracle he was still alive!
**I love hearing about stuff like that-Miracles!

Now, this is a story, all about how my life got flipped, turned upside-down, and I'd like to take a minute, so just sit right there, I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel-Air.
In West Philadelphia, born and raised, on the playground is where I spent most of my days. Chilling out, maxin', relaxin' all cool, and all shooting some b-ball outside of the school. When a couple of guys, who were up to no good, started making trouble in my neighborhood. I got in one little fight and my mum got scared, She said "You're moving with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air!"

I begged and pleaded with her day after day, but she packed my suit case and sent me on my way. She gave me a kiss and then she gave me my ticket. I put my Walkman on and said, "I might as well kick it".

First class, yo this is bad, drinking orange juice out of a champagne glass. Is this what the people of Bel-Air living like? Hmm, this might be alright.
But wait, I hear they're prissy, bourgeois, all that. Is this the type of place that they just send this cool cat? I don't think so, I'll see when I get there. I hope they're prepared for the prince of Bel-Air
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The plane landed and when I came out there was a dude, looked like a cop, standing there with my name out. I ain't trying to get arrested yet, I just got here. I sprang with the quickness and like lightening disappeared.

I whistled for a cab and when it came near, the license plate said 'Fresh' and had dice in the mirror. If anything I could say that this cab was rare, but I thought 'Nah, forget it - Yo, home to Bel-Air!'

I pulled up to a house about seven or eight. I yelled to the cabbie "Yo home, smell ya later!". I looked at my kingdom, I was finally there! To sit on my throne as the prince of Bel-Air.

#TrueStory.
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