Face of Kindness Takes Many Forms
I was walking down the street with my 4-year-old son this fall when we came upon a young woman with a heavy limp using a cane. As we approached her from behind, I could see his interest piqued and braced myself for whatever was about to come out of his mouth. I silently prayed that
Kindness Makes the Old New Again
Now that Christmas and New Year’s festivities are finished, most of us just want to move on to spring. Me too, but may I share my favorite memory from this past holiday season? It has to do with a certain misfit reindeer … For some reason, for the entire months of November and December, my
Kindness Thaws Frozen Boots
I want to teach my kids two things before I die: 1) the importance of being kind; and 2) the value of a dollar. I want to teach them lots of other lessons, too, like how to drive a car and do their own laundry, but let’s not rush it.The kindness thing is important to
Santa Brings Gift of Kindness
I look forward to getting out the Christmas decorations each year and lovingly placing them throughout the house. I usually pull out the boxes and turn on the Christmas music the day after Halloween, but this year I held off until the middle of November. My husband thanked me for my great self-restraint.As much as
Kindness Reminds of Us of Meaning of Christmas
My friend Liz has been haunted for a year by the way she reacted to her husband’s random act of kindness last Christmas Eve. I’ll let her tell you about it: “I love the holidays. I look forward to them every year. But inevitably, I am always amazed at the amount of stress I feel
Kindness Eases Loneliness for Those No Longer With Us
A woman I haven’t seen for 15 years just emailed me out of the blue. Kris and I met at the wedding of a mutual friend, and although we barely knew each other then, and certainly not at all now, Kris had something on her heart that she just knew I’d understand. Kris is lonesome.
Job Seeker Finds Big Kindness on Facebook
Sometimes social media is nasty. I mean really, truly, ruin-a-person’s-day nasty. It gives people the opportunity to say whatever they want with little, if any, filter. Some people need excitement in their lives, so they try to “stir the pot” by being downright rude. Then they wait and watch to see how the world will
