"Why are you selling cookies, sweetheart?" a mother asked her son after learning the neighbors bought cookies from him. "Mom, I wanna buy a new game for myself," he lied. He wanted to earn money for something he couldn't yet share with his mother.
While a flight attendant guided passengers to their seats during her flight of Christmas, she saw a familiar boy walking in the aisle. When he turned his face toward her, she realized it was her son. "Oh my God! What are you doing here?" she asked.
When Zoe and Keegan rented Vincent's house, they were a young couple. Years later, the older man became like family to them, drawing ridicule from others. Little did Vincent know the kindness and love he had given the young pair would return to him when he needed it.
Estelle knew she wasn't a great mother, but she was trying. Things had been tough for her after her husband died, leaving her to care for their son alone. One day, she ended up missing 23 calls from her son. Her heart sank when she got a call from a cop minutes after she couldn't reach him.
One day, a teenage boy wakes up and realizes his family is not home. At first, he feels happy because he wants to live independently, but what happens in the next few hours makes him realize he is helpless without his parents.
A teenager begged a homeless man to teach her how to play guitar, and she was so grateful that her family came up with a surprising plan that started earning them a lot of money each month.
After Sarah and her husband divorced, she sought solace in her career. For the longest time, it brought her a sense of comfort. However, her tireless working hours brought strain on her relationship with her daughter. After hearing a few unexpected words from her daughter, her perspective changed.
While cleaning her teen son's room, a woman stumbled upon an unfamiliar bag in his closet. When she opened it, she was shocked to see a skirt and high heels. "Whose are these?" she wondered, unaware that they belonged to her son.
At 68, I chose to live alone because too many people had betrayed me in the past, including my kids. However, a garbage man showed up at my door on Christmas Eve, and I was left with a big dilemma.
After losing his daughter and consequentially divorcing his wife, Allan succumbed to depression and almost entirely gave up on life. After saving a little girl from a fire, Allan would find something to live for again.
When Grandpa Dixon's last relative passed, he was alone and couldn't get past the pain. After he gave a single mother the crib he built and told her his story, the community rallied and supported him. Years later, they all gathered for his 100th birthday.
Mr. Miller opened a diner in the 1950s that was still open, and when a young teen asked why he wouldn't get rid of the old jukebox, he told her a surprising story about the kind of love everyone dreams of having.
Colton's recklessness and laziness cost him dearly, and he lost everyone by his side, including his family. "Don't blame others for your failures!" his son yelled at him one day. That day, something inside Colton shifted, and nothing was the same again.
Reuben and Desmond hated each other. Rueben was rich, strong, and always troubled Desmond, who was poor, book-smart, and too weak to stand up for himself. But one day, they decided to join forces to take on the new school bully, Chuck. Would a new friendship flourish between Desmond and Reuben?
After serving in the military, Abe came back home as an amputee. His son, Peter, yearned dearly to see his father walk again. After a miraculous encounter with a mall Santa, Peter's wish finally came true.
A man struggles to cope with the death of his wife. Years later he finds love, but when he tries to propose, his new fiancée makes a surprising demand.
Roni is a loving husband to his wife but begins to notice over time that he has become a housewife in the relationship. Should he support his wife in her work and stay in her background, or should he move away from household chores and try to earn more?
An old, blind man is gifted a guide dog by his neighbors. After rejecting the gift, the old man is saved by the dog just an hour later and opts to keep him.
My husband and I fought like crazy due to our poor financial situation and the fact that he was always home late. I decided to follow him one day and was shocked when I saw him going into his brother's house, but he wasn't there. A woman greeted him.
Mom is 75 now and still grieving my Dad's death. When I insisted she move in with me because she was lonely, she refused and said she'd go to a nursing home instead. Is my relationship with my mother going to fall apart?
Molly felt insecure about her weight for most of her childhood and early adulthood. After meeting her husband, she began to gain confidence. Little did she know that he would leave her after losing weight. Years later, she would learn the consequences of his actions.
After losing her only parent and being raised in foster care, Tara struggled to find hope in the world. When she finally got her first apartment, but she was soon kicked out by her landlord. A year later, he would be seeking her help.
A young woman falls in love with the porjectionist at her local cinema. Years later, she learns his secret. But their love prevails and one day the two get married, and even recieve a special gift.
"Is there anyone against this marriage?" a priest asked inside a church. After a few moments of silence, the groom's brother jumped from his seat and confessed his love for the bride. "You were the first girl I fell in love with at school," he said.
I was severely bullied through high school, but my husband persuaded me to go to the reunion, saying it would be the best revenge. He was right in the most surprising way, but then, I had to make a decision.
I went into my son's room and discovered a pack of cigarettes, although he was only 15. I followed him and discovered something even more shocking than I could have expected.
Alina was 18 when she decided to track down her bio parents, but she had no idea where to start looking for them. One day, she met a man at a nursing home who told her all she'd ever wanted to know.
Everette's son, Lucien, abandoned him during his most vulnerable time. Years later, he was shocked to discover his kid among the homeless people he tried to help; then, he heard what Lucien went through.
Gran Lola was the loveliest person in my life after my late mother, and I was devastated when she died. One day, I accidentally dropped the piggy bank she had left me, and from inside spilled diamonds… a LOT of them.
Turning 75 was a massive milestone in the life of one man, but he had no family to celebrate his happiness with. He had spent the past 25 years working as a janitor in a school and considered the teachers his family members.
At the age of 73, a man joins a school as a janitor in order to see his grandson after relationship with daughter sours. He is then reunited with his daughter after many years without contact.
Blake's life turned upside down in the blink of an eye after he was paralyzed and left to care for his two sons alone. He never forgot the kindness people showed him during that phase, so he created a 'good deeds' shop, not knowing what it would bring.
Lina was a devoted mother to her little son and baby daughter and didn't want to leave them alone with a nanny. But circumstances forced her to do otherwise, and she never imagined that one day she'd return home to find bruises on her children...
Anita struggled to raise her son Andrew as a single mother. What made it even harder for her was how harshly her son treated her because of their financial woes. However, after an eye-opening night, Andrew learned not to take his mother for granted.
Jake's parents, Rody and Gina, were in a car accident. Unfortunately, he died, and she had to use a wheelchair, so Jake's grandparents moved in to help. However, the teenager later caught them doing something infuriating, and he had to stand up for his mom.
Tina believed she was living her happily after once she married her high school sweetheart. However, after getting kicked out by her husband and raising her son alone, she would later learn just how severe the consequences of our actions are.
A woman who lost her daughter and grandson in a tragic accident dedicates her life to helping those in need. One day, she is presented with the opportunity to provide a Christmas miracle.
After learning his daughter Taylor was being bullied by his boss's son, Harold took matters into his own hands. He even suspected that his actions would land him in hot water and get him fired. But what happened next was beyond his wildest dreams.
Kristina was only 17 years old when she gave birth to her disabled son, Evan. She worked hard to raise him alone and would have to pull him on a stroller to get him to school. Years later, what her son would do for her would leave her over the moon.
Instead of opening the expensive gifts their mother gave them, a girl and boy spent time with their grandfather on Christmas. They loved the cookie molds he bought from the supermarket, but their mother wasn't happy seeing them play with cheap gifts.
After a string of miscarriages, Lyric experiences her first labor and cries when she sees her newborn baby boy for the first time. She gently scoops him up and plants her last kiss because she knows she will not see him again...
While preparing dinner, a woman got a notification on her phone that read: ALERT! Movement detected. She quickly rushed to her baby's room to see what had happened, unaware she would see an unknown girl sitting next to her son.
Michaela was shocked when she was forced out of the luxurious lifestyle she had known all her life to living in near poverty after her father went bankrupt. However, she would later learn that her father was trying to teach her and her siblings a valuable life lesson.
I thought my mother and I had a great relationship until she kicked me out of the house a few days after my 18t birthday. Things were complicated afterward, but I was honestly stunned when she came to me with an outrageous request many years later.
My mother-in-law may be turning my children against me. I have always had a difficult relationship with my mother-in-law and felt that he hadn't accepted me into the family. To make matters worse, it seems like she is now turning my own children against me. What do I do?
At 65, my fear of growing old alone started to worsen. With just my 8-year-old grandson with me at home, I wanted to find a partner to love – and my grandson led me right to him.
After years of working as a nurse at a child care center, a woman received a wedding invite in her mail. When she opened it, she was shocked to see who it was from. "Oh my God! I had no idea you still remembered me," she said with tears in her eyes.
Veronica and Joseph adopted and adored the little girl they found abandoned under a park bridge, but she never spoke a single word to them. However, one night she walked into the couple's bedroom and sobbed, "Thank you, Mom & Dad," startling the couple.
After an unfortunate event in his life, Steve let go of the part of him that loved and cared for people. This made him a hard and impossible boss. However, after a particular visit to the clinic, all that changed.
At 19, I received an anonymous box that featured a few items and an old photo of a big house. I spend the next eight years of my life trying to find it, only to discover the truth of my entire life.
