Comforting a Grieving Community
There’s an older couple in the Palo Alto, CA area who have no idea that their gesture of paying for my daughter and her friend’s lunch is comforting a grieving community.
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Winning isn’t always about who comes first
My son is 8 and this year we’ve committed to encouraging his physical pursuits as he leans more naturally to the arts. We signed him up to a local weekend sports club and at his first session we knew he was going to be one of those kids who enjoyed the events, but was not going…
What an amazing, caring man
Today, I went to see a surgeon that I never met about getting my gallbladder out. During the visit, I got to telling him that my 9-year-old had just had a subtotal colectomy with an ileostomy and how she is having such a hard time with the skin under this ostomy bag. When I told…
Small gestures also count
Today, as I walked into the city to run some errands, I noticed a very large truck was ‘stuck’ on the corner of two streets. The driver had been trying to maneuver it out, but didn’t see how to move forward or backward anymore. Some people had come out of their homes. The driver was…
Some Kind Deeds to Warm Your Heart ❤
My youngest likes to buy things and give her money to other kids. She recently went to the store and bought her sister a toy she thought she would like, just because. – Melissa 👏 Right before Christmas time I went to the movies with a friend and lost my wallet. I had $400 in cash…
Lessons from my cats
It is important to take time in your life to see the beauty and the lessons that come into our lives but we tend to be too busy to take time to breath them in. Today I had a sweet man come and put more installation into the attic. He had a challenge when he…
Earth Angels
We asked the Ripple community about the Earth Angels they’ve seen or are part of their life…. My mom Maria is one of those earth angels. She helps everyone and does it with an open heart. I admire how she doesn’t think about herself and is so humble. She is a true angel to my…
A 90 pound cross for the homeless
Several months ago, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, a Pastor walked somewhere around 200 miles with a 90 pound cross on his back to raise funds as he wanted to buy a building and rehab it into a homeless shelter. Homeless shelters in the U.P. are few and far between and this will be…
Keep it for next time
I was in the supermarket and a man approached me with just a few coins in his hand. We were both in the pet food aisle and I was buying food for my cats. I had noticed him looking at the prices and then looking at the coins in his hand and when he came up to…
The Christmas Stocking
Joanne and I had been childhood friends, went through school together and hung out with each other when ever possible. My family was full of drama and chaos. My dad was a alcoholic and there were many fights in our home when he came home drunk and broke. So I stayed away for as long…
A most unlikely friendship
. There was this very old man who walked miles collecting cans. One day I asked him if he wanted mine and he gave me his address. A few days later I dropped them off at his tiny rental. We got to talking and became friends and soon I was taking him to the recycling station…
Witnessing these miracles is evidence enough!
I myself am in a 12 step recovery program, and by the grace of God and the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous, today I can say I am sober one more day. I live in a very small community, and do not give it a second thought to help out. On my way to the post…