My close childhood friend spent the last eight years attending night school to get his bachelor's degree while working a full-time job. Last month, after years of late nights and weekends of doing course work and studying, he finally graduated.
He remained in our hometown after high school, but most of his friends, myself included, left our hometown long ago to other states for university and employment. Over time, newfound responsibilities, families, and other engagements have made it rare that we're back in our hometown at the same time.
One of our mutual friends hatched a wonderful idea of kindness: plan a weekend that we'd all be free to have us fly back to our hometown to surprise him and celebrate his accomplishment.
It was so much fun planning the behind-the-scenes! The bait: his mom told him that he was going to have dinner with just his grandparents to celebrate. Little did he know that the dinner would turn into a 20 person affair with friends present from both coasts! I got to order this non-dairy cake so that everyone attending could enjoy it. I asked his mom for tips on a flavor he would like.
When the guest of honor arrived to "dinner with the grandparents", was thoroughly surprised and told us how much it meant to him that we all flew in to make him feel special.
Kindness mission accomplished!
He remained in our hometown after high school, but most of his friends, myself included, left our hometown long ago to other states for university and employment. Over time, newfound responsibilities, families, and other engagements have made it rare that we're back in our hometown at the same time.
One of our mutual friends hatched a wonderful idea of kindness: plan a weekend that we'd all be free to have us fly back to our hometown to surprise him and celebrate his accomplishment.
It was so much fun planning the behind-the-scenes! The bait: his mom told him that he was going to have dinner with just his grandparents to celebrate. Little did he know that the dinner would turn into a 20 person affair with friends present from both coasts! I got to order this non-dairy cake so that everyone attending could enjoy it. I asked his mom for tips on a flavor he would like.
When the guest of honor arrived to "dinner with the grandparents", was thoroughly surprised and told us how much it meant to him that we all flew in to make him feel special.
Kindness mission accomplished!
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- Posted by kindness1st
- Mar 5, 2019
- Comments (10)
Readers Comments
lindariebel wrote: Bravo to your friend for his persistence -- and for being such a good person that so many people came long distances to congratulate him. And bravo to all the friends!
emmahba26 wrote: that's so sweet
emmahba26 wrote: Your so thoughtful and kind
dotmatrix wrote: Wow! Such a beautiful story. Thank you so much for sharing it! Congrats to your friend. That is quite an accomplishment! ♥.
John74 wrote: How wonderful!!! That is so great!! Thank you for all your kindness and for sharing it with us! <3
leoladyc728 wrote: so very touching. I know he was elated
gardengal10 wrote: A gift from the heart.
Mish wrote: Wowzers....AWESOME!
mindyjourney wrote: a little extra consideration tastes that much better :)))
DANCE wrote: How wonderful and kind!!!!!
