Stories of Kindness from Around the World

Kindness in a uniform


--by ingabinga, posted Dec 20, 2014
Officer Thomas was about to arrest Jessica Robles, for stealing food to feed her hungry children, but changed her mind at the last minute.

Instead of arresting her, she bought Robles $100 worth of groceries: “I made the decision to buy her some groceries because arresting her wasn't going to solve the problem with her children being hungry.” And there’s no denying they were hungry.

Robles’ 12 year old daughter started crying when she told local TV station WSVN about how dire their situation was: “[It's] not fun to see my brother in the dirt hungry, asking for food, and we have to tell him, ‘There is nothing here.’"

Officer Thomas says she has no question that what she did was right: “To see them go through the bags when we brought them in, it was like Christmas. That $100 to me was worth it.” But Officer Thomas did have one request: “The only thing I asked of her is, when she gets on her feet, that she help someone else out. And she said she would.”

And guess what? The story gets even better. After word got out about what happened people donated another $700 for Jessica Robles to spend at the grocery store. And then best of all a local business owner invited her in for an interview and ended up hiring her on the spot as a customer service rep.

She started crying when he told her: “There's no words how grateful I am that you took your time and helped somebody out. Especially somebody like me.” And to think it all started with one veteran police officer trusting her “instinct” instead of going “by the book”. Courtesy WSVN
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Readers Comments

janelle.ford170 wrote: I agree. Your kindness had a ripple effect that will come back to you 10 fold. Thanks for being a good soul. I'm glad it helped even more. :-) merry christmas to you.
ShivPal wrote: It is worth giving everybody a break. I am sure the $100 will change the life of jessica and many other people. Such acts have a ripple effect. I have been influenced by one such event to start sharing money, clothes and my time - with lesser fortunate children of god. And believe me, it is the only time i can feel him (not in churches or temples)
melnotes wrote: What a wonderful story, thank you so much for sharing this with us :)
vitalreiki wrote: Fantastic story!
Mish wrote: So touching. Wow.
LoveAll999 wrote: may there be more hearts like hers
jomartin87112 wrote: Fabulous! With all the bad press recently about police, it's so heartening to hear about this officer! Blessings to her and to the others who helped this woman and her children! Bravo to all!
mzm0012 wrote: Praise God! How wonderful <3

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