Stories of Kindness

  • I saw a lady crying.

    I bought myself some gorgeous roses one day whilst buying groceries. As I left the shops, I saw a lady crying on a bench with her teenage son beside her. I walked passed, but then doubled back, gave her the flowers and said ‘you look like you would enjoy these’ and left straight away! I…

  • Our kindness hampers.

    My kids and I sat round in a circle making kindness hampers. We talked about why we were including each item and how it would feel to receive one of the hampers? I gave each of them a hamper to give to someone. Chris 12, gave his to his girlfriend, Kim 8, to a teacher…

  • It was under a porta loo!

    My daughter had her bag stolen once about 2 years ago. It was found in a garbage bin outside the restaurant. The only thing missing was her wallet. Two nights later there was a knock on the front door.ย A middle aged man was standing there and he asked if my daughter lived at the address….

  • A man and his rat!

    A couple of years ago my sons and I saw a young man, about 16 busking in Perth with a rat. He said he slept in caves near Fremantle. We wanted to help but did not want to give money so we bought him some food and a new jumper to wear. The look on…

  • Are you for real?

    One morning I paid for a man’s milk and bread. He stopped lookedย around like he was on candid camera with a big ol’ smile saying “Thank you ma’am”! :).ย He asked “are you for real?” I said yes sir, have a blessed day.

  • I fed them instead!

    I had a neighbor who I have only met once before pop over and ask for money so she could feedย her kids dinner. I didn’t give her money, but asked her to come in and I feed them all dinner.ย The kids and mum left full of food and I was full of pride.

  • I will never forget him!

    I was stuck in an airport in Zimbabwe after visiting my family with my 2 kids aged 3 & 18 months.ย They said I needed to pay airport tax, which I didn’t because it was included in my ticket.ย This made me miss my flight back to the UK. I didn’t have a penny, either to phone…