Kindness helps family during time of grief
I lost my dear friend, Tom, just before Christmas. He was in his late 80s and his quality of life was diminishing, but even so, it’s hard to say goodbye. One of the great gifts of these past six months was the amount of times I was able to visit Tom and his wife, Ann.
Project Linus spreads warmth and kindness
A friend of mine has a Snoopy blanket that was worn thin by her childhood. She grasped that little blanket tightly in her hands every time she faced abuse. She kept the blanket all these years as a reminder of her faith and the strength we’re given to endure the terrible times. Bad things —
Elves teach kids about kindness
Have you heard of the Elf on the Shelf? We have one living with us. He magically arrived one day back when my kids (now teenagers) were toddlers. His name is Carl. The kids knew never to touch Carl or he would lose his ability to fly back to the North Pole each night and
My season with Tom
For everything there is a season. I’m saying goodbye to my dear friend, Tom, today. Tom was 86 and had cancer and a whole host of other health problems, yet I was shocked to learn he was gone. He lived a good, full life and I know what he is seeing now is too magnificent
Catching kindness in the act
My fourth grade son, Ben, told me his teacher pretends to vomit anytime the kids start bickering with each other in his class. Isn’t that hysterical? Instead of yelling or raining down punishment, the teacher just walks over and pretends to gag. The kids immediately realize what they’re doing and are distracted enough to let
Hope will see us through
Some days a girl just doesn’t want to get out of bed. That was me Thursday and Friday and Saturday and Sunday. Luckily it’s Monday and the world seems a bit more bearable. I am a big believer in doing acts of kindness to get myself out of a funk, so I dug deep in
Snowstorm brings kindness upon kindness
I feel sorry for people who live in warm climates. They never get to experience the incredible kindness that comes in the middle of a massive snowstorm. Over Thanksgiving weekend, my family drove from Aberdeen, S.D., to Moorhead, MN., for my husband’s basketball game. A friend let us stay at her house while she was
