Grass is Greener With Kindness
They say what goes around comes around. If you consistently treat others with kindness, you can expect to have a pretty big kindness bank account to draw from when life throws you a curveball. I’ve seen it happen again and again in my own life, and so has Mary Derosier from Red Lake Falls, Minn.,
I Was Wrong About Teenage Boys
Gosh. I’m a little ashamed of myself. I try to keep an open mind and greet others with love and kindness, but it’s been brought to my attention that I have a great big judgement sticker hanging out inside my head. I’m sure in some ways we all do, because we’re all raised with beliefs
Week 23 Memory Verse
Have you ever had deja vu? You immediately know you’ve heard those words before… but where? That happened to me when I stumbled upon this page: It’s from Philippians 4:4-9, in the New Testament. “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord
When We Talk, then Do, Kindness Becomes Contagious
Walt Disney once said, “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” That works well for amusement parks, but it also works well in the realm of kindness. Alicia Stewart is a mom who feels frustrated with the way girls sometimes treat each other. When she saw it happening in her
She Stands Strong
Sometimes I look at a beautiful piece of art and think, How did they do that? How did they create something so emotional from a flat piece of paper and a few shades of blue? Or I’ll stand in the shadow of a building that was constructed hundreds of years ago and wonder, How did
Week 22 Memory Verse
I remember being 16 years old and begging my dad to let me drive two hours away to a party on a college campus with a guy friend that I went to high school with. It was the beginning of my junior year. Guess what my dad said? No way. Period. I stood in the
Teenage Boys Chip Away at Kindness
I really should have kept a list of all the people who helped me during my battle with breast cancer. It would be filled with the names of family and friends who delivered meals and picked up kids and sent cards. But it would also be filled with the names of strangers who helped me
