. I visited Dominican of Republic in 1998 after Hurricane Mitch had ravaged the Island. I gave my friend Ruby my favorite dress. Actually I gave all of my clothes to the Dominican women because clothes are a precious commodity on an island. Well anyway, a few years later I was at a store and…
. A couple of years ago, I moved across the country with my family. I was lonely and didn’t know anyone. My husband brought a friend home for dinner one night – he was a homeless man who was friends with my husband’s mom. He lived in a tent on someone else’s property and worked…
. My Mom and Dad were moving back from South Texas and met a family along the way. The man had lost his job and they were moving somewhere also. They needed a bed. My parents took one of the beds out of their trailer and gave it to them. At the time I was…
Several weeks ago, I was contacted by Crista who had recently lost a treasured friend. She told me how amazing her friend was and how she’d found love late in life with her best friend Chris. K.B. and Chris had only been married a short time when K.B. passed away, but the thing that he…
. I am a 21 year old mother and I have an 18 month old son and a 4 year old stepson with one on the way. I work a part-time minimum wage job and my fiance is a contractor who is out of work from time to time, especially during winter and holidays. So…
. On New Year’s Day in 2011, I stopped in at a Catholic church in San Antonio. I was just sitting in a pew reflecting on who I am and what I believe, when I saw a young man walk up the main aisle and take his place in an empty pew nearer to the…
. Just before Christmas, my husband and I had a rare child free RDO. We were getting a Boost Juice before heading to the movies and there was a disabled person and his carer in line behind us. The young man tapped me on the shoulder and I turned around, realised what had happened and…
. A few weeks ago I stopped in Goodwill for my weekly “treasure” hunt. It was a rare occasion that I actually had cash in my purse. As I was going through the children’s books close to the back hall where the bathrooms are, I could hear a man softly talking and sobbing. He was…
. We raised the money to pay for a family with two young carers to go out for dinner on boxing day. When I got the privilege to tell the mum, she burst into tears as she was so touched by our kindness. In the space of a year her family had gone through a…
. We woke up this morning with the sound of rain bashing on our windows, none the less my son Shrihan was ready for a day of school. He seemed extra chirpy today so I knew it would be a good day! We catch the bus to school and get dropped off at a shopping…
. I went to the service station to put a little petrol in my car. At the next pump was a rundown car. In the front passenger seat was a woman, in the back, a young boy – probably the son of the woman and the man who stood at her open window abusing her….
Thank you for creating your Ripple Kindness Cards, I have seen for myself the ripple effect of positivity that they create. The most amazing thing just happened to me! Went shopping for some food and groceries for the next few days, used my card to pay and DECLINED. Asked the guy to hold on for…