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Tell Us Your Kindness StoryGiving my friend a hug in school when she is having a bad day at school or at home
Just weeks before Christmas 2016, our youngest daughter, Keira, was diagnosed with an aggressive brainstem cancer. She was 10 years old. The next 6 months were grueling: she endured countless rounds of chemo and radiation, all the while knowing it was a grim prognosis. At the same time, her older brother and sister watched with fear and trepidation as our...
I have a past work friend that I still keep in contact with. She is so sweet and always has a kind word for everyone. Lately she’s had some health issues and hasn’t been able to get out. She does have some family that checks on her, and I keep in contact with her too. Before we had a snowstorm...
Being kind to others or strangers can make their day because you do not know what they are going through.
One day I saw this kid playing by himself because the other kids didn't want to play with him so I offered to play with him I saw how his eyes lit up with excitement and he was happy then...
When I did not go on a field trip I went to help a kindergarten teacher with her students, I helped her organize and clean up her classroom. When it was time for for their art teacher to come in I helped the art teacher by passing out the papers and telling the kids to sit down and be quiet....
there is a special teacher at my school who makes me feel included. I don't like leaving my classroom much but she makes an effort to come and talk to me.
When I was at primary school I tried to hold the door open for people and smile . (sky)
I carry preprinted business cards in my wallet. Rather than my my contact information each card says: "YOU ARE UNIQUE. YOU ARE IMPORTANT TO THE WORLD. THANK YOU FOR BEING WHO YOU ARE."
Years ago the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco still collected cash tolls and some of my friends and I would prepay the toll of the car behind us in addition to our own. One day when I did this as I was crossing the bridge an old beater car came up beside me with a family and lots of...