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SENT BY A RABBI

Published February 19, 2020 Blog, Your Stories Comments
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This story comfortably lands in many categories:             It’s a Small, Small World             Kevin Bacon’s Six Degrees of Separation             Synchronicity            Are you kidding me?             And my personal favorite: If two points are destined to Touch, The Universe will always find a way to make the connection             I received an […]

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THOSE SIGNS THEY SEND US

Published January 15, 2020 Blog, Your Stories Comments
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My younger sister, Kerry, was recently offered a significant promotion at work. She joked when she applied that, after all the years of being a subordinate, she couldn’t really imagine being an “ordinate.” When she was actually offered the position of Head of Nursing Staffing at UCLA Medical Center’s Santa Monica Hospital and Ronald Reagan […]

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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A TIP VOLUNTEER

Published December 8, 2019 Blog, Your Stories Comments
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[This article by Kim Higgins originally appeared in the January 1992 edition of Western City Magazine. For more information about the Trauma Intervention Program see https://www.tipsandiego.org/] I’m a Trauma Intervention Volunteer. A day when I’m on call can easily disguise itself as routine in the chaos of the school morning rush.   Today the kids are […]

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I’m Christian

Published May 29, 2018 first-9, Stories, Your Stories Comments
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Christian Big Bear Ski Trip

Casey’s Introduction “I’m Christian” is an incredible and touching story by Christian’s father, Christopher Ramirez, about grandfathers, fathers, sons and grandsons; the love and spiritual energy that spans generations, time and space. I’m Christian By: Christopher Ramirez On May 18, 2016, my father suffered a massive stroke that left him paralyzed from the nose down, […]

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A Thanksgiving Message 2015

Published November 25, 2015 Blog, Your Stories Comments
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Note from Casey: I am honored to share this Thanksgiving message from my good friend Jeff Schwartz. Jeff is also a fraternity brother. He and his wife Donna lost their daughter, Julie, in 1984 at the age of 3. Jeff has penned two stories we’ve shared on the website: Why I Believe In Angels and […]

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Trust Me, Michael

Published August 26, 2015 Blog, Your Stories Comments
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TRUST ME MICHAEL by Michael Lueth On the morning of August 5, 1994 I visited my mom in her room at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village, IL. She had recently been admitted due to complications from a kidney and lung cancer she had been fighting for the past several years. Health-wise, things […]

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Let It Be – The Video

Published November 17, 2014 Jimmy, Stories, Your Stories Comments
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Casey, Brittany and her husband, Ryan Kirby, sat down in front of my camera and told stories about Jimmy.

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The Other Letter – a film by Steve Date

Published October 22, 2014 Casey And Friends, first-9, Jimmy, Your Stories Comments
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On November 8, 2008, the same day Casey Gauntt received an amazing and life-changing letter from his dad, Casey’s daughter Brittany received an equally incredible note from her brother, Jimmy. This is a sequel to “The Letter”, a previous film by Steve Date.

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Just A Splash

Published August 12, 2014 Casey And Friends, Jimmy, Stories, Your Stories Comments
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By Hilary Gauntt Just thought I’d share this “sign” that made our day on Friday, August 1st. Casey and I went to an annual party of Casey’s 20-year clients at the Del Mar racetrack. Casey loves this party because it’s packed with real estate developers, bankers and lawyers from all over the country he has […]

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Why I Believe in Angels

Published November 4, 2013 Casey And Friends, Stories, Your Stories Comments
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Introduction By Casey Gauntt Jeff Schwartz shared with us a story we put up on the site a couple of years ago titled Lions On The Bridge. It is a terrific story but, as Jeff explains below, it was only a tune-up for the heavy lifting he had to do for this one. I want […]

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Write Me Something Beautiful Authors - Casey and Jimmy Gauntt

Casey Gauntt

is a retired attorney and former senior executive of a major San Diego real estate company. He lives in Solana Beach, California, with his wife, Hilary. Casey grew up in Itasca, Illinois, graduated Lake Park High School in 1968, and received B.S., JD and MBA degrees from the University of Southern California.

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Jimmy Gauntt

was born and raised in Solana Beach and graduated from Torrey Pines High School in 2002.   A prestigious Trustee Scholar at the University of Southern California, he majored in English and Spanish. He authored six plays, five screenplays, and a multitude of poems and short stories. Beginning in 2010, the USC English Department annually bestows the Jimmy Gauntt Memorial Award—aka “The Jimmy”—to the top graduates in English.  Jimmy passed over to the other side in 2008 at age 24.

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