Stories of Kindness from Around the World

A Cloth Bag


--by youandme, posted Sep 11, 2014
Day 10. I have a beautiful cloth bag that I carry around with me everywhere. It was made in India, from scraps from an employment generation program led by a fashion designer who has set up an organization to shelter and help women who have escaped domestic violence.

The cloth is a cream-colored crepe de chine, printed with pink and purple flowers. I have other collapsible bags that I also carry, but this one was special - a one-of-a-kind.

While taking a walk, I stopped in a grocery store I had never been to before, to get a lemon. I ended up picking up one other item, and as I was putting the two items into my cloth bag, the cashier, Shari, remarked how beautiful the bag was. She pointed out how unusual that such a beautiful piece of cloth would have been used to make a bag. Well, what could I do but take my purchases out of the bag and gift Shari the bag? She was so excited that after asking "Why would you do this?" she immediately went around to the other cashiers to show them the bag. #21KindActs

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hugaplanet wrote: That's generous and beautiful.
Thyla wrote: Wow! Amazing act!
jsmyers380 wrote: I love this story!
michelelpurcel wrote: How thoughtful but how could you not have given it away? :)
brindlegirl wrote: Wow. This story has left me speechless. I know how much you would have loved the bag and now you have made another love it as much as you!
jomartin87112 wrote: bless your heart! most excellent!
kmbhai wrote: you can also purchase KURTA & KURTI ( ladies & gents ) from group of village women , Kanpur India.
kmbhai wrote: nice work from you. good.
debbe530 wrote: A wonderful ROAK.
Mish wrote: :)))))))

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