Stories of Kindness from Around the World

Hello my KindSpring family. I want to take this time to express my gratitude for being named Community Member of The Week. This is a tremendous honor to me and I can't say in words how I feel. No one knows this in our community but when I came to KindSpring ( through way of The Daily Good), I was a broken soul. I had been horribly mistreated by someone whom I loved and trusted very much. He and I had been friends for nearly a decade and had began dating when I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. During my treatment, this person lived with me and my family to help me along. I later found out that he was interested in one of my nurses at the hospital I went to to receive treatment. He also never cut contacts with his ex and was at the same time seeing a girl who worked with him. I was mortified that he could harm me this way when I thought we had been at least friends for so long. All of this came to me at the worst possible time; when I was fighting for my life. The pain of my cancer diagnoses and treatment was only compounded by his blatant betrayal. My mom even called him 'son'.
I knew that I had to get past this horrible feeling but I wanted to do it in a healthy, productive and positive way and I was not going to allow myself to do it in any other way. I took a chance and became a member of KS. I have never had any activity on a social network or online community but KindSpring drew me. You were so much more than a social network, you were a family on a mission. I read posts that revived my spirit and gave me focus. I felt acceptance that I had been so denied of. I felt like I mattered. My kindness and my heart mattered and the good that I could do was applauded instead of being hoarded to increase a cruel person's ego who kicked me when I was down. I've gained forgiveness here and I value each and every one of you; those who have reached out to me, prayed or me in silence, sent me positive energy when no one knew it but you and the universe. YOU ALL helped put me back together and never realized how much of a difference you were making. I thank God for you. I truly thank God. Hopefully I am not offending anyone by saying that. I respect all beliefs and just want to display that I'm grateful to a higher power, one that is much bigger than I. Whatever the name you would call that energy, I am thankful to it for every single soul on KindSpring and the work that you're doing, even for me.
Thank you for being my support, my friend, my encouragement. Thank you for having me as Community Member of The Week because as far as I am concerned, you are being honored right here with me. Bless you all. Bless you.