SNAP: Stories for Living

2009 Stories | 2008 Stories | 2007 Stories 2010 Stories | Contest Details

2007 Stories and Voting Results

Here you can view stories from 2007. For current stories, click here.

Congratulations to the 2007 SNAP: Stories for Living Contest Winners!   

Here are the 10 stories voted most inspiring by the SNAP Community in 2007:
#1    Turning the Corner
#2    Hope Offered
#3    Roller Coaster of Your Life
#8    Pagan Babies
#15  My Best Friend
#29  Something Horrible Can Bring Something Good
#32  The small steps to healing
#41  Teach only love
#42  My guardian angel
#52  Teacher by example and sincerity

NEW -- Story #54: I AM NOT ALONE.  This story was submitted before the deadline but was accidentally missed. Please take a moment to read and acknowledge this story. Our sincerest apologies to the author.

Our sincerest thanks to the SNAP: Stories for Living Sponsors whose financial support provided ten $100 prizes for the winning stories and funded the contest mailings for SNAP Members without e-mail access:

Alester Teagle -- Philadelphia, PA
Chris Beggy and Nancy Doyle -- Philadelphia , PA
Jon and Carolyn Bjornson -- Philadelphia , PA
Mike and Vivian Gray -- Media, PA
Mike and Linda Miller -- Hainesport, NJ
Terry Goldston & Friends -- Mount Laurel, NJ
Tricia Wassel -- Norristown, PA
Anonymous -- Limerick, PA
Anonymous -- Philadelphia, PA

Here is the complete list of Stories for Living submitted to the 2007 contest.

Story 1 - Turning the corner

Story 2 - Hope offered

Story 3 - Roller coaster of your life
Story 4 - Hearing the bells of hope
Story 5 - Forgiving the Cardinal
Story 6 - An experience
Story 7 - My heartstone, my angel
Story 8 - Pagan babies
Story 9 - The man in black
Story 10 - Today I went to church
Story 11 - People who inspire me
Story 12 - How to close the wound?
Story 13 - Hope for survivors
Story 14 - Unspeakable horrors
Story 15 - My best friend
Story 16 - Intergenerational priest abuse
Story 17 - My significant healing experience
Story 18 - My harp is a healing instrument
Story 19 - Mud
Story 20 - My very dear Uncle Fred
Story 21 - Live well
Story 22 - Joshua finds his home
Story 23 - To see the face of God
Story 24 - Explosion of rage
Story 25 - My purpose
Story 26 - Recovery
Story 27 - My reason to live

Story 28 - The gifts of love

Story 29 - Something horrible can bring something good
Story 30 - My ordeal
Story 31 - He was my minister
Story 32 - The small steps to healing
Story 33 - The stranger on the street corner
Story 34 - My friend Mike
Story 35 - The not-so-dopey drummer boy

Story 36 - A Christmas wish for Tony

Story 37 - "Mom, you don't know..."
Story 38 - She walked beside me
Story 39 - Annabelle Lee
Story 40 - A better man
Story 41 - "Teach only love"
Story 42 - My guardian angel!
Story 43 - Angels watchin' over me
Story 44 - Trust regained
Story 45 - My story
Story 46 - My cross to bear
Story 47 - Call me lucky
Story 48 - In God we trusted
Story 49 - I know too much
Story 50 - The ACLU and me
Story 51 - The phone call
Story 52 - Teacher by example and sincerity
Story 53 - Altered boys
Story 54 - I am not alone

If you have any questions, please contact Terry at [email protected]

Home