My understanding is that he started a luncheon service with $1,500 from savings and $3,500 borrowed from friends. Using converted taxi cabs for catering he set out to make a living. Soon he noticed that 40% of his revenues were coming from coffee and doughnut sales. So, in 1948 he tried again and established a restaurant that sold doughnuts and coffee in Quincy, MA,
“Do you see what I see?” is a line from the famous Christmas Song titled, Do you Hear What I Hear? It was written in 1962 by Noel Regney and Gloria Baker as a plea for peace. While world peace is still illusive, love, joy and peace for individuals are within everyone’s grasp. The catch — it requires that they see the invisible. Seeing
He swabbed his red, moist cheeks with his shirt sleeve, trying to hide the tears and calm his young heart. By now someone had likely discovered his absence and they would probably be scouring the neighborhood soon. As he huddled in the shrubs near the corner grocery store, he replayed the traumatic events from which he was escaping. His ever-antagonizing older sister had once
It was a rare event, almost as if those watching had traveled several decades back in time. It was a quick and simple interaction that left the waiter pleasantly surprised and wishing more people were like the young man he had just served. It happened in a small town restaurant. The young man who had just been seated was approached by the waiter who