Certificate of Kindness for a 10-Year-Old

--by tressyanne, posted Jan 1, 2009

"True Happiness is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy cause." Helen Keller

Sometimes we set examples when we don't even know it. My 10 1/2 year old son amazed me not too long ago. He came home from school and was upset that someone had taken a classmate's Gameboy. He said, "Mom who could have taken his Gameboy? Doesn't everyone have Gameboys already?" I told him that sometimes we don't know why people take things. I told him what my grandmother always told me. "Tressy, people who steal or take things, must need them way more than you do." So I told him that someone must have needed the Gameboy more than his friend.

A few days later I noticed a note in my son's bookbag from his teacher, letting me know that he had earned an award in kindness. He was mentioned in an assembly and was given a certificate of kindness. My son had given the boy that had his Gameboy stolen his extra gameboy that he had.

It made me feel so good that he did such a good deed. We later received a letter from the parents and little boy too, which was so wonderful.

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Posted by tressyanne
Jan 1, 2009
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JuneBug wrote: Yes, we are constantly being watched by others...Even more so by God! Thanks for a wonderful post! :}

wayfarer wrote: Oh, you must just be bursting with pride! I know I would be!

lmil1954 wrote: This is a wonderful story and your son exemplary in selflessness!!! You are a wonderful parent, your son is blessed indeed! Hip hip hooray! Linda:)

AURELIA wrote: Thumbs Up to You and Your EXTRA SPECIAL son~ It don't get any better than that! ~:0) ~Aurelia

liztree wrote: Thank you so much for sharing such a joyful event with us! Congrats to you and your awesome son.

lovebug wrote: Thank you for sharing such a great story, and I really like the way your grandmother thought. Thank you for sharing Hellen Keller, one of my hero's. I am very blessed to live in a place were I am able to drive to her birthplace. In fact I already have made planes with neighbors to visit this site when the weather gets warmer. I have seen her story in the movies, but at her birthplace they have live performers who re-inact her story. And the performance is fee. God is Good

cabbage wrote: Hats off to you and your son! What a wonderful example you are! :-)

theresa wrote: that was so kind of you son. you must be very proud of him. he thought of what that boy was feeling and helped him realize that not very one is bad.

makesomeonesmile wrote: How wonderful for you both! Stories like this give me hope for the future. Thanks for sharing!

theresa wrote: What a wonderful son you have.

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