We asked the Ripple community about the Earth Angels they’ve seen or are part of their life…. My mom Maria is one of those earth angels. She helps everyone and does it with an open heart. I admire how she doesn’t think about herself and is so humble. She is a true angel to my…
I work in a bank and today an elderly customer came in concerned because he was overdrawn in his checking account by $18.01. If he didn’t deposit that amount within an hour he would be charged a non-sufficient funds fee.
I was happy that an opportunity for kindness was set before me. On a recent shopping trip to a clothing retailer, I overheard the store owner and the young manager discussing that the manager did not close out a debit card sale properly. This meant the customer had left with the merchandise without paying. The…
Learn about body safety from child advocate and author Jayneen SandersWe teach our children water safety and road safety — it is equally important to teach our children ‘body safety’ from a very young age. As both a teacher and a mother, I strongly recommend to all parents that ‘body safety’ become a normal part of…
Several months ago, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, a Pastor walked somewhere around 200 miles with a 90 pound cross on his back to raise funds as he wanted to buy a building and rehab it into a homeless shelter. Homeless shelters in the U.P. are few and far between and this will be…
When down town a few days ago, I popped into a little patisserie that hasn’t long been open. They have lots of tempting delights both sweet and savoury and, as it turns out, very nice coffee! I had still been feeling low and overwhelmed and decided to put together a little envelope containing one of…
I was in the supermarket and a man approached me with just a few coins in his hand. We were both in the pet food aisle and I was buying food for my cats. I had noticed him looking at the prices and then looking at the coins in his hand and when he came up to…
Well Operation Speedway Kindness had a chance to shine today….. Once again I was in Speedway getting a soda and today brought a spur of the moment opportunity for me to help someone. This time it was me behind someone else! I was in line and the lady in front of me was having some…
Joanne and I had been childhood friends, went through school together and hung out with each other when ever possible. My family was full of drama and chaos. My dad was a alcoholic and there were many fights in our home when he came home drunk and broke. So I stayed away for as long…
AÂ kid that lives down the street from me stole my new car 2 months after I got it. He threw everything in the car away, including my granddaughters car seat and my daughters CD case that held 100 CD’s. He took the change, necklaces hanging from the mirror etc… At the time, he was on…
When my marriage was ‘over’ and it had been decided that that was indeed the case, my ex husband elected to spiral out of control down a path of drugs and alcohol and proceed to become violent and abusive. For a period of time I was locked in a struggle of protecting my child, keeping…
I can’t quite remember when I started thinking about donating my kidney; it was probably some 10 years ago. From when I first became aware of the possibility I remember thinking, wow wouldn’t that be an awesome thing to do. I have always been a healthy person and believed that I could do it. I…