I am so appreciating my daughters today and all that we learned while we were growing TOGETHER. I am especially grateful for the activities that revolved around kindness and brought joy to us at the same time.
At one time we decided to bake bread for the homeless community on the beach near our home. We took 2 days during each week to bake mini loaves of bread and also took cheese of each person. As this project went on (eventually for more than two years) one of my daughters started having short conversations with each person she gave bread to.
Eventually we brought some playing cards and checkers and played with some of the people, too. Soon several of our friends got involved and we began to make full lunches once a week for this community.
Years later when I would see one of the previous free lunch recipients, they would come up to me and share a nice memory from that time and how much the kindness meant to them ...and that they got to have some camaraderie with children, too.
Both of my daughters, now grown with kids of their own, still take time to do kind things for others and community service projects and then share that with me. I am grateful for a focus away from self and to find real joy and purpose in being kind. I am so very grateful for Kind spring and what to being to is all as we share our stories of kindness. Hooray this kindness contagion!
At one time we decided to bake bread for the homeless community on the beach near our home. We took 2 days during each week to bake mini loaves of bread and also took cheese of each person. As this project went on (eventually for more than two years) one of my daughters started having short conversations with each person she gave bread to.
Eventually we brought some playing cards and checkers and played with some of the people, too. Soon several of our friends got involved and we began to make full lunches once a week for this community.
Years later when I would see one of the previous free lunch recipients, they would come up to me and share a nice memory from that time and how much the kindness meant to them ...and that they got to have some camaraderie with children, too.
Both of my daughters, now grown with kids of their own, still take time to do kind things for others and community service projects and then share that with me. I am grateful for a focus away from self and to find real joy and purpose in being kind. I am so very grateful for Kind spring and what to being to is all as we share our stories of kindness. Hooray this kindness contagion!
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- Posted by Tien
- Oct 31, 2015
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Readers Comments
terre wrote: Wonderful!
melnotes wrote: Beautiful daughters and you must be so proud of them :)
davidlr wrote: Love your post T
Gyrocloudy wrote: Awesome combo actions! :D
NoOnesNME wrote: Awesome!
RoseMarie wrote: Beautiful post and beautiful daughters Tien. X 💓
mindyjourney wrote: Beautiful kindness and beautiful daughters, my friend :))).
AndiCas wrote: That's a beautiful post Tien. What marvellous daughters you have to be proud of.
mish wrote: Yours is a truly beauty-full kindness family. Bless x
kjoyw wrote: Yes, KS is like a kindness contagion! Lovely dear daughters!
