Kindness makes English learner feel at home
When I was little, my mom taught English as a Second Language. Now in her 70s, she continues to teach. She has always had a heart for people who are new to our country. I’ve often wondered about the impact she has made on her students that she’ll never know. Sometimes all it takes is
Please help me get high for my birthday
My birthday is tomorrow, and I need your help deciding what to get myself. What I really want is for my husband to get a job, but since I don’t have any control over that, I’m going with Plan B. What I want for my birthday is to get high. Now, I think we’ve known
Bathroom doors are the perfect place for kindness
Be brave. Be kind. Be you. That’s what I’m trying to teach my kids. The message seems to get through to them at home, but the majority of their day isn’t spent in the comfy and (usually) considerate confines of our house. Their day is spent in school where snap decisions and snarky words can
Miss Christa is 50!
We have a guest blog today from my dear friend, Christa (Miss Christa as we call her in our house). She moved to NYC from little ole Athens a few years ago. When she first moved, she saw everything through the eyes of an Ohio girl. Lately, she has noticed her vision narrowing, so she
Yard signs spread kindness through the community
Did you know you can see the crime rate in your neighborhood? If you go online to Trulia, a home buying website, you can click a little button that says “Crime.” The map is light blue in areas where there are few reported problems and dark blue where there are more crimes. What if we
What do you think when you see a penny?
Have you ever found a penny on the ground and thought, “WOO HOO! I’m rich!” Yeah, me neither. I do like pennies though. Several years ago I got something in my head about pennies from Heaven so now when I find one randomly lying on my laundry room floor I think about how much God
Kindness wins the day at “The Price is Right”
I tease my husband that being on “The Price is Right” was more fun than my wedding night. Luckily, my husband has a sense of humor. Back in February, I traveled to Los Angeles to talk about kindness on Hallmark Channel’s “Home & Family” show. Looking for other things to do in LA, I stumbled
