Random Acts of Kindness That I Have Witnessed

Random acts of kindness happen every day. Though we don't often stand back and take note of them. I did just that recently and this is what I found.

.......friends leaving an "I care" basket on the porch of neighbors whom they knew were having a hard time

.........a friend who instinctively knows when you need the house to yourself, and she takes your child for the afternoon.....with no strings attached

..........the parent who knows a child may forget his sack lunch for the field trip so she sends along "extras" ......just in case!

..........the friends who helped with "little things" when a loved one was in the hospital, leaving fresh veggies, notes of encouragement or flowers......

..........the child who wrote a note of cheer for a friend, signing it "your secret friend" and slipping it into her desk for her to find when he knew she was having a sad day.

..........the man who helped the girl who didn't have enough money for her loaf of bread at the grocery store and who slipped in her sack, unseen, a jar of peanut butter too.

............the man who dashed from his car to help the elderly man navigate the icy parking lot last winter then disappeared when the man was safely in the store.

...........the person from church who made sure a little girl had new shoes, socks and a pretty dress for the first day of school.

...........the family who filled backpacks with supplies and left them outside the school office doors for someone to find...because every child should have
"new crayons" for school

..........the woman at church who dried my sons tears and told he was special and that God loved him even when he made mistakes.....only to vanish when I looked for her to thank her

..........the woman who listens to children as if they were the most important people in the world.....letting all else take second place behind the stories of a child

.........the woman who writes anonymous "thank you's" for all the teachers in her child's school and places them in their mailboxes so every teacher will feel special during teacher's appreciation week