Kindness During Half Term

--by Bluebell, posted Dec 16, 2013

This last week we had half term holidays and my niece stayed with us for the week because my nephew ( her brother) was going to have a delicate spine surgery and it was easy for the parents to concentrate on looking after him.

My daughter, my neice, and I went out for some last minute shopping and while I was on the line waiting to pay the girls asked if they could wait for me at the door.

Some minutes later they return to ask if they could give the sweets they had just bought to a man in the street, so there they go and give their sweets away, another 2 minutes and they return to ask me if there was anything else they could give the man, I told them that I only had the 3 ginger bread men they had bought for dessert, so they took the biscuits to the man and came back with a huge smile on their faces.
When we got out of the shop I realized that the "man" was a young man in his 20's that looked like he was going to spend the night there ( he had a sleeping bag with him) we made eye contact and he said thank you to me and the girls.

On the way to the car my daughter wanted to buy a drink to the young man, but I had no change, so I decided to make a detour, went to the cash machine took some cash and gave it to the girls to give him, so he could buy a sandwich and a drink if need be, the girls were over excited there they went back to the young man ( for the 3rd time now lol) to give him the cash.

They returned to me with a huge smile on their faces.

To me the bonus was that it was probably my niece's first random act of kindness, and that was AWESOME.

When it was time to return my niece home, my daughter gave her books and a good amount of clothes that were getting small, leaving her wardrobe almost empty lol, but that is fine because our rule here at home is that no one leaves our house empty handed :-)

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Posted by Bluebell
Dec 16, 2013
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heartofflesh wrote: love is yours the moment you give it away...Keep giving ..Giving is joy !

Bluxess wrote: I am sure your niece had a great time being with all of you ... during this crucial moment ... Thanks for encouraging the young ones to practice kindness.

momov3 wrote: Beautiful! It is so wonderful to be witness to when someone is learning the joy of "giving love away!"

Metta wrote: Awesome! (And best wishes for your nephew, btw! Hope everything is okay!)

moral12 wrote: Aww, you have a lovely, caring daughter.....and, I know where she gets it from! Kudos to all of you.

MakeSomeoneSmile wrote: That is awesome! So much caring and I love that they kept making trips out to help him!

elizabeth_1956 wrote: Kudos to the kids. And the folks who raised them.

midnite626 wrote: Great way for the kids to help others.

hasifa wrote: No one leaves your house empty handed? That is awesome. Okay, preparing for my visit now. Lol

Twinklepoppet wrote: I like your 'no one leaves our house empty handed'. I am going to do the same. I always take a gift when i go to a home and will now give one to visitors. x

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