Being Kind Doesn’t Have to Make Sense
Just after moving to Ohio, I did something really weird. I was standing in line at the tiny neighborhood grocery store when a man came up behind me with a case of beer. He had to hold it because my...
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Be Kind Like Mister Rogers
I am cancer-free! My husband and I wistfully joke that someday we’ll look back and say, “Remember that summer I had breast cancer?” It’ll be just one more little chapter in the story of our lives. I’m...
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My Daughter Fights Cancer With Kindness
I know a little girl whose momma had breast cancer this summer. As soon as the diagnosis was announced, that young lady, though she was just 11, set out to do whatever she could to spread kindness...
View ArticleBroken Back Leads To Many Acts Of Kindness
I love the way people look at me when I mention all the blessings that we experienced during my bout with breast cancer this past summer. The love I felt from friends, strangers and even my own family...
View ArticleReturning To The Place I Found Kindness
At this very moment, if all has gone well, I am on an airplane with my three children heading back to Fargo. It was the kindness of an event planner who first gave the idea wings, and the kindness of...
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 ArticleIt Feels Good To Be Trusted
I wonder sometimes about the messages I send even when I am completely unaware. I have been known to roll my eyes and huff at my youngest son, “Can you please remember to bus your own spot after...
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Blanket Project Ties High School Friends Together
They say there are ties that bind, things that happen in our lives that leave us forever connected and intertwined with others. But what happens when decades begin to deteriorate our communication...
View ArticleMany People Benefit When We Strive To Become Our Best
I have yet to meet someone who says, “Nope. I’m not a kind person and I have no intention of changing.” We might agree that we have a little work to be done in the kindness area, but generally people...
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Mother’s Kindness Ripples Far
There is a woman in my town who does a lot of good. I mean A LOT. She and her husband have been blessed with a successful local business, and they are constantly pouring into the community. The thing...
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