Kindness Starts With One^®

When I was a freshman at a junior college in New York state, the dean of students was a much older man in his 60s. He was from my hometown and happened to be a former busboy during highschool at the same Italian restaurant that I was a busboy at during highschool. He was an all American lacrosse goalie in...

When my children were very young, someone filed a false charge of abuse against me. A worker from CPS came to my home to check out the complaint. She examined my four children, all five years old or younger. She also spoke with with a woman I cared for who had multiple sclorosis, who was the mother of my friend...

Last year my husband and I took a vacation to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and to Kure Beach, North Carolina. We were able to take a ferry from South Carolina to an island on North Carolina, where we would meet up later that day with friends. We decided to stop at a small restaurant for breakfast on the island. The...

Sitting on my bed, staring at my newborn son, the pride of being a first time mum swam through me. I touched his soft cheeks, then ran down my hand to pat his back as he suddenly coughed. "Shhhh," I whispered to him, as he smiled in his sleep and my heart melted like butter. Then a sudden sadness swept...

I am an avid Ohio State Buckeye fan and when I realized they were coming to California for the Rose Bowl, I was so excited! But, due to four surgeries and two hospitalizations in the past 18 months, I knew I would not be able to nagivate the venue. To my big surprise, a new friend whose Dad went to...

"Laundered with Kindness" is an event held annually to help ease burdens by providing wash, dry, fold, load/unload laundry, dry cleaning, and donated laundry products. We target laundromats, dry cleaners, and homeless facilities with the support of cleaning companies, businesses, volunteers, and in-kind donations, helping more families and making a larger impact. Being a single parent, one of the struggles parents...

I'm a pilot car driver, driving across the country to help oversize loads get through crazy traffic. They say the bigger the load, the smaller the road. I had deadheaded out to Bakersfield, California, and met my driver for dinner. I needed to find a place to settle down for the night, as we couldn't load until morning. I went...

My ONE is to greet all with a smile and implement a school counseling program for all, students, staff, family and community. As a first year counselor, at a school who has never had a one, my goal is build moral, teach social emotional coping skills and help the community that my students come from.

Last week, during our first training session held at Poyner (2A), I realized what the eye doctor had been telling me. I did, indeed, find myself in need of cataract surgery! I am scheduled to have this done in the spring. However, we had a lot of notes to take during the week and I found myself unable to read...