We’re almost out of dollars
For a while now I’ve tucked dollar bills into the sunglasses compartment in my truck. It makes it easy to grab one and hand it to our friends on the street corners.
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She offered to wash my hair!
In the dark, scary hour that left me with a total-loss vehicle, numerous physical injuries and a broken spirit, my friend Margaret came to the rescue. Her superpower is compassion and caring. She lent my husband a vehicle so he could take the kids to the orchestra. She brought over dinner and reading material to…
My 3 and 5 year old helped save an orphanage
My girls and I heard about an organization close to our heart that was in need of funds to stay open. So together we decided we needed to help!
Kindness does make a difference
I’ve always said I may not be wealthy in financial terms, but I certainly am rich in friendships, and this story proves it. Three years ago, I was working for an entity that let me go suddenly and that did not pay into unemployment compensation. Despite the success I was having on the job, despite…
Kindness can change us to our very core
I’m a single foster mom and up until last week had 3 siblings in my home for a year. I don’t have any biological children, so having 3 at once, was a huge change for me. But the kindness shown to be my friends and others who I met over this last year has blown…
The day my life stopped
I’ve always been one to do kind things for others, not ever expecting anything in return. Almost two years ago, I was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. I had to go to the hospital immediately. I had so many plans in the upcoming months. I was a Girl Scout Leader, a Service Unit Manager (which…
She changed this young man’s life
My daughter is the manager of an apartment building and as such has to deal with lease violations that lead to eviction notices. It can be tense and was especially so with one young man who had some issues with drug abuse and anger management. The police had been called to his apartment a few…
The best thing I’ve ever done!
Before Christmas last year (2015), our family was in crisis after I lost my job a few months before. We could hardly afford to eat, so I posted on a community noticeboard simply asking where I could get food vouchers. We were inundated with offers of help, donations of food and some vouchers by the…
Life lessons for my girls
Two weeks ago my girls worked together on an art project and we talked about how helping each other is kindness.
They will always be a special part of his life
A couple of days ago, I received a text from a woman named Gloria who was a wonderful aide/caregiver for my 15-year-old son who has Autism, anxiety disorder and very challenging behavioral issues! She works at a children’s residency/school that my son was attending and living at for a little over two years, a while…
He’d covered it!
Years ago, I took my kids out to breakfast, just the three of us. My daughter was a baby and my son a toddler.
The impact random acts of kindness can have
Anyone who knows us knows that random acts of kindness have always been our thing. We did what we could when we could. When my husband Scott died we really upped our game, trying to do a few times a month if not once a week, because at a time where we were at an…