Years ago my sister worked at the Royal Bank of Canada, Puerto Rico bank. A co-worker got hit very badly on his way home. His car was destroyed but he was in worse shape with broken bones and glass cuts all over his face and hands. He was young in his late twenties, just starting…
While eating at my favorite diner, I saw a group of men at another booth. I recognized one of them and went to say hello. This man is a pastor and he was meeting with other pastors for prayer.
This is a double act of kindness. My neighbour gave me the washing line out of his backyard because I didn’t have one in mine. He even dug the hole and cemented the washing line into the ground for me.
Went to see Russell Brand last year and caught a taxi. The driver asked why we were going, so we told him that the kids had bought the tickets to make us laugh after my husband’s brain cancer diagnosis.
My granddaughter Taylah went to withdraw 100 dollars from my bank for me. On returning she handed me the money. When she had gone, her mum Deb told me it was Taylah’s money. I said she cannot do that and Deb said ÿes she can. I was embarrassed but accepted gracefully. I love you Taylah and…
It’s no real big secret that restaurants have a time limit for disposing food that has been prepared and displayed. Most places just throw out the excess and guard the disposal like it’s gold.
Rebecca Fowler was my 2nd grade teacher. She was a kind lady who seemed very old to my 7-year-old self. She taught me kindness in every action that she took. She is the first adult I remember reading aloud to me, giving me a love of reading that exists to today. She also taught me…
I’d arranged to meet a new friend for a cuppa and chat. As luck would have it, we both pulled our cars into parking spaces outside the cafe at the same time. As we greeted one another, I commented on a rather unusual brooch she was wearing. Merryn told me that she’d admired it on…
When I was in my twenties I lived in GA and we lived on the military base there. Every morning we would see a few homeless people on the streets. We had stopped and given them money and something to drink (coke, water, Dr. pepper, lemonade), whatever we had with us. I looked into their eyes…
My son has always wanted to save all of the people that were unfortunate not to have a home or even a meal. Many times my son has picked up a homeless person and taken him to breakfast and given him some cash.Â
In Assembly today, our new Principal spoke about the school motto of always doing your best, and being kind and helpful to everyone we meet. He spoke further about doing Acts of Kindness and how my son’s class in particular, had welcomed a new student into the grade so warmly and have gone out of…
This year marks the ten-year celebration of me graduating high school. While the time has certainly passed, the memories that most linger are not of all the homework and tests that were taken, but of the people who at one point made up my entire world. Growing up, and even still now, I have the…