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Little acts of kindness

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Mishap Sat 13-Dec-14 18:38:02

A lady who used to sing in my singing group has just appeared unexpectedly on the doorstep with a bunch of flowers for me. I have not seen her for ages, but she had heard that I had been ill and depressed and she just decided to buy me some flowers. It is impossible to say what such little acts of kindness mean at times like this. I was totally bowled over and it has lifted my spirits.

Tillycon Thu 08-Jan-15 22:46:26

Rubylady you have a lovely son and should be proud. We need more people like him in the world and stories like this need to be told again and again to give us hope for the future of the planet ��

Greenfinch Thu 08-Jan-15 22:54:43

Lovely friend Mishap and lovely son rubylady. These things bringsunshine into the lives of others.

rosesarered Thu 08-Jan-15 22:59:36

It's often from the unexpected person [the act of kindness] rather than the expected one,I find.

rubylady Fri 09-Jan-15 03:33:52

Thank you Tillycon and Greenfinch. He can be the most lovely young man, today has been really helpful, asking for jobs which need doing. He is also very supportive of his friends when they are having problems and sometimes doesn't sleep for worrying about them.

But sometimes reverts to typical teen, but then he does need to let off steam and better at home than at college etc. I think. I love him to bits and I am very lucky. smile

Not so much an act of kindness but I mistakenly phoned the wrong number in my contacts on my phone and got an old friend we knew whilst home schooling. He told us that he was going in for a triple heart bypass this week. It was lovely to catch up with him and will be good to go and see him when he gets back home. I was originally after my nephew as I had not heard off my brother and could not reach him but got a welcome chat and now back in touch with a good role model for my son and a good friend for me. smile