Get into the garbage can
I was about 11 when I started wearing makeup. Full on, entire lid covered, bright blue metallic eye shadow. My girlfriend and I wore it day and night for three weeks before our jazz dance teacher told us we couldn’t come back to class until we had agreed to a costume change. After that, I
Trust your gut for kindness
People often ask me for ideas about doing random acts of kindness. They want something that doesn't cost a lot or is perhaps free. Something that will be impactful, but not too time consuming. Something that the whole family can be involved in or an act that will create a bond with a difficult coworker.
The Kindness Podcast Episode 23: Jewelry with a Purpose
We can stare at the major issues in this world — hunger, poverty, violence — and feel like we’re looking into a black hole. Then that terrible question pops into our heads, the one that threatens to derail us from doing good and paralyzes us into doing nothing at all. How could anything I do
Kindness reaches through the thickest of walls
I went to visit a friend in prison a few weeks ago. It was the first time I had been in the belly of a correctional facility since I was a child. Back then, I went with my mom to visit her husband. This time, I got to escort a young friend to see his
The Kindness Podcast Episode 22: Lisa Williams
Patient and Kind. Those two words motivate Lisa Williams in her personal life and on the air in her podcast, Life with Lisa Williams. You may recognize Lisa’s voice from her years on the nationally broadcast KLOVE morning show. These days she’s teamed up with Cure International to continue to spread kindness through her faithful
Just love them. And pray.
I used to pray, “Please God, make me into the mom these kids deserve.” I had three young, healthy, exuberant kids. They were thriving despite the fact that their mom was floundering. That was seven years ago. Today, those kids are (almost) 8, 12 and 14. God’s done a work in me that only God
Open Door #5 for Kindness
Every time I talk to my friend, Tom, he mentions how kind the people are at the Roger Maris Cancer Center. Valet parking, a lovely receptionist, smiling staff members … Tom makes it sound a little like the Ritz Carlton, which always makes me laugh. Tom doesn’t have cancer, but he’s in his 80s and
