. I am proud of both of my children in their own right. But with my son, the most precious thing I can recall was when he walked out of the delivery room with his oldest son in his arms. He was holding him close against his chest, cradled protectively in his strong arms, shoulders…
My twin boys were born at 28 weeks and quickly whisked away to the NICU. After hours of worry and trying to rest, I was finally taken to see them. Even though they were covered in tubes and wires they were so beautiful, but the “magic” came when their father and I were given the…
I had to change schools often all through my life as my parents had to move from town to town because of their jobs. I didn’t have contact with any of my old school friends for years. Then, I got back in touch with them back in 2011 through Facebook, thanks to my cousin. Since then,…
My nine year old and I stopped by a store to run some errands. There was a young man in a wheel chair asking for money. We decided to give him my son’s after school snack and some money. I asked him if he would like a blanket for his legs since it was very…
. About a year and a half ago, I was on a city bus in Portland and an older man was carrying a plastic sack of groceries that broke as he was getting off the bus and cans of food rolled everywhere down the isle and out the door on to the ground. I had…
. Something nice happened to me today. I stepped out in public with my hideous red inflamed nose and face on the way to the chemist to get more medication. I’m pretty sure I got looked at funny but I just hoped people saw where I was walking towards which was the chemist to put…
A few weeks after we launched Ripple Kindness Project’s Kindness Curriculum, I was approached by a year 5 boy who had been part of the audience at the special assembly held at his school.
Recently, I delivered a bunch of flowers and some chocolates to a lady at TAFE who has helped me and the students at my school this year (I’m a guidance officer). She has gone above and beyond the call of duty and I couldn’t help but thank her for it.
. A friend of mine recently posted on facebook for anyone who could donate leftover school stationery and other items for three kids whose dad recently passed away (he was a single parent). She was blown away by the response and generosity of people who just want to give and it has resulted in more…
. When I used to live in Perth, Australia. There are a lot of homeless persons there due to the imbalance of riches. At Christmas, I would make a huge gluten-free Christmas cake, slice it into about 20 decent size slices and wrap them in gold paper and ribbons and hand them out on Christmas…
. Guess what! You will never believe it, someone paid off my layaway at Walmart! We live in Phoenix, Arizona, I went to the Walmart on 95th Ave and Camelback to payoff my layaway and the lady said its already paid. I said, I didn’t pay off my layaway! She said a good samaritan paid…
My son just turned 11. We had just gone to the grocery store and I allowed him to pick out a couple of his favorite snacks (Cheetos and beef sticks!).