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Bob Blackley of Winston-Salem, N.C. has discovered a great way to celebrate his birthday. For the past three birthdays, his 57th, 58th, and 59th, he has stood on a busy street corner holding a cardboard sign that read, “I have a job. I have a home. Could you use an extra $5?” He gives a five dollar bill…

Dave Wilson is a luxury car dealer. He owns dealerships in Southern California and Arizona. He remembers what it was like back when he was a janitor on the graveyard shift at Kmart. He was looking for a birthday present for his wife, whose birthday falls in December. On his local radio, he heard about…

In 1995, a brother and his sister decided to revive the spirit of Christmases past and exchange gifts. She was doing well financially; he wasn't. She was a prominent accountant at a large corporation, and he, though older than his sister, was still establishing himself in his career. On Christmas Day,…

Every day in the U.S. and Canada, 800,000 people are having a birthday. The average person receives 8 birthday cards and 4 gifts a year. 11,000 Baby Boomers turn 50 each day and will for the next decade. Almost 110,000 people have celebrated their 100th birthdays with a projection of more than 200,000…

A man was sitting on the edge of the bed, observing his wife, looking at herself in the mirror. Since her birthday was not far off he asked what she'd like to have for her Birthday. 'I'd like to be six again', she replied, still looking in the mirror. On the morning of her Birthday, he arose early, made…

Preacher Charles Swindoll recalled his last spanking when he turned thirteen. "Having just broken into the sophisticated ranks of the teen world, I thought I was something on a stick. My father wasn't nearly as impressed as I was with my great importance and new-found independence. "I was laying on my…