Kindness And Cellphones To The Rescue
I’m about to share one of my not-so-great parenting moments. I’m pretty sure I’m at fault, but I refuse to ask the experts because I’m afraid of the verbal lashing I’ll get. Luckily, the kindness and...
View ArticleWe Are All Human
I ordered chicken tenders at the pool last summer for my kids. We are clearly not foodies (or we wouldn’t have ordered chicken tenders in the first place), but this meal was inedible. The poor little...
View ArticleSaying Goodbye To My Kindergartners
If I don’t write this down, I know I’ll forget it. I don’t want to forget. I want to remember Tuesday for the rest of my life. Tuesday was the day I went into my son’s kindergarten class for the last...
View ArticleKindness Beats Bullying
I was sitting in my basement a few weeks ago with tears streaming down my face. The room was dark except for the glow of the television. It was a Saturday night and I was four days out from my...
View ArticleRemoving The Black Dot Makes Room For Kindness
One day, a professor presented his pupils with a pop quiz. As the students filed into the classroom, they saw a piece of paper on each desk, face down. When everyone was seated, the professor told...
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Birthday Kindness Comes In A Box
I remember having two birthday parties as a kid. My family lived on a little farmette with horses, and my dad had a friend who was a clown (doesn’t everyone’s dad have a friend who is a clown?), so...
View ArticleWhy I Agree To Be Uncomfortable For Kindness
Why do I do this to myself? I could have said no. Why didn’t I say no? They’re going to eat me alive! My introverted self is verbally attacking the ambitious dynamo part of my personality. You see,...
View ArticleKindness Eases Growing Pains
My little girl’s shoulders slumped as she got in the minivan. “The whole team was invited, Mom. I was the only one not included.” Seventh grade is hard. I know, I did it once. I’d go from elation to...
View ArticleIt’s Not A Cellphone, It’s A Vessel For Kindness
I got my first cellphone on Christmas morning, 2003. I was eight months pregnant, and if my water broke in the middle of Piggly Wiggly, my husband wanted to know about it. I thought I could just go to...
View ArticleKindness Helps Us See More Clearly
You know what I love about this time of year? The Hallmark Channel. I can sit for hours watching cheesy holiday movies. They usually involve some small town charm and an act of kindness that probably...
View ArticleKindness Through Quiet Bags And Batman Bandaids
I’m afraid I’ve forgotten what it’s like to have small children. How is that even possible? My kids are 12, 11 and 6. It’s not like they’re adults. They are definitely still in need of guidance and...
View ArticleKindness Reminds Us There Are Good People In The World
When I was in kindergarten, we had a whole lesson about what to do when you find a lost wallet. We acted out make-believe scenarios in which one of us would be the person who drops the wallet, one...
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Teacher’s Letter Home Shows Great Kindness
My friend who is a teacher showed me a very funny poster. It has pictures of two owls. One owl is looking wise and well-tailored in his round glasses and cap. The other owl looks like a deranged...
View ArticleKindness Is The Most Important Muscle
I didn’t think time travel was possible until I was sitting at a track meet the other night. It was my daughter’s very first meet. I thought it would be my very first meet too. I was told ahead of...
View ArticlePizza Pizza Served With A Side Of Kindness
“Whoa! People work this early in the morning?” That was my first-grade son’s reaction as we passed a garbage truck recently at 5:30 a.m. We were heading out on a family vacation. The men in the truck...
View ArticleTeenage Boys Chip Away At Kindness
I really should have kept a list of all the people who helped me during my battle with breast cancer. It would be filled with the names of family and friends who delivered meals and picked up kids and...
View ArticleWhen We Talk, Then Do, Kindness Becomes Contagious
Walt Disney once said, “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” That works well for amusement parks, but it also works well in the realm of kindness. Alicia Stewart is a mom who...
View ArticleKindness Eases The Pain Of Saying Goodbye To A Father
My friend’s father-in-law recently died. It came on suddenly. It wasn’t supposed to happen that way. They weren’t prepared. I wonder, when it comes to losing someone we love, if we’re ever really...
View ArticleLittle Black Dresses Bring Joy During Trials
The hardest thing to do when I’m feeling down is the one thing I know will help me feel better. It’s not exercise or sleep or eating healthier meals. It’s kindness. I know when I’m at my worst, I have...
View ArticleMom Uses Kindness To Teach About Differences
Taryn Skees is a mom just like me. She’s a writer and a speaker who is passionate about the power of kindness. But Taryn’s drive to spread the message of kindness didn’t come from a spontaneous act of...
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