Inspired by the “suspended coffee” posts from this week, we paid for a large coffee in advance at our local cafe today. My family were delighted to still be there when it was claimed by a man who had actually taken his wallet with him, only to find that there was no cash in it!…
Have I ever told you about the elderly man we were behind at the checkout? He had a tiny amount of groceries on the belt and was trying to pay for his groceries by giving the young operator his deposit book. The operator was confused and so was the gentleman. So we paid for his groceries,…
I was in a local store today, the kind that has everything from food to shoes. A worker was sitting in the gardening area alone and she was obviously either ill or upset. I asked if she was ok and she said she was fine, but it kept bugging me because I could pick up on…
I had a really bad day today, so I thought I would go and cheer myself up. This is what I gave the bus driver who took me to the shops today. I simply thanked him for doing such a wonderful, often thankless job and for always helping me. It was all in the purple…
About 3 weeks ago, some of my grandkids were going through a Dairy Queen drive up in West Salem when Taren goes up to the car in front of them and said, “Jesus loves you”. When they got to the window next to pay for their stuff, the people in that car had paid for…
When I was in 5th grade, my friend got tickets for us to see Madonna. My Mom said I could go, but then changed her mind after realizing that my friends older brother (who was 18) would be taking us. I was furious! I wanted more than anything to go, had my outfit ready, knew…
Today on our travels in Argentina I needed to purchase a watch as mine had broken, but hadn’t replaced it to date. Walking along the markets, I found one through the language barrier with use of pen and paper – $120 pesos. I said yes to buy, lady puts on my arm and hubby counted…
My name is Barbara. I am 88 years old and I love Ripple Kindness! My daughter went to her 40 year class reunion this past weekend. At the reunion they had a raffle for a quilt, my daughter loves and collects quilts and she names everyone of hers because there is always a story behind…
When I had back surgery, my mom went to our local Fannie May candy store and bought a big box of chocolates for the staff at the hospital to enjoy each time they came into my room.
My daughter has have Down Syndrome and I’m trying to get her to understand the little things that we can to make smiles in this world. So we taped some candy to our Ripple Kindness Cards. She has a special purse that she calls her Happy Purse that she carries with her ‘Happy Cards”. Yesterday…
Years ago a friend of mine had a disagreement with her sister that left them strangers. She’d tried to make amends but emotions were running hot and they haven’t spoken for a couple of years. My friend really wants to reconnect with her sister, so she decided to reach out with a beautiful card. –…
It’s really weird, but good things keep happening to me. It started off when I was 2 days late returning my DVD and the lovely lady behind the counter said “It’s on me. Have a beautiful day!”