Day 35: Breathe, Seek, Play....Kindness Delivered.

 We talked about what we would like to do for our random act of kindness. The boys immediately said "Ding Dong Ditch" but I overruled them since we didn't have anything ready to "ditch" at an unsuspecting neighbor. I told them one of our first things we did last year was buy someone coffee...but this time we'd do it with a twist. We called the store, Old Navy, and a young female answered the phone. We asked her name and could she help us with something. She said sure. We asked her did she drink Starbucks coffee. She replied yes. We asked her what was her favorite kind. She replied White Mocha Iced. We asked her would she be still working around 6:30. She replied she was there until 9:30. We get a sense she knows coffee is coming her way, but she has NO IDEA from who. We set off with our handmade card..We affixed stickers that said you are BRILLIANT, you are SUPER, you are MAGNIFICENT (the stickers were the words in all caps) on the inside of the card telling her that we hope she enjoyed her surprise and to pay it forward when she could. We get to Starbucks and go inside (it's been awhile for me, I was a bit lost with all the sizes and choices) I didn't see what she wanted on the board but asked the barista could she make one. She smiled and said yes, and asked what size..we choose Grande. Then we looked over and the boys wanted to pick something sweet to go with her coffee. We saw two cake pops, one chocolate covered in a chocolate shell with white sprinkles and the other birthday cake covered in a pink shell with white sprinkles. She placed them in a bag and we asked if she had a sticker but they were out of the Starbucks kind. I asked did they have a stapler and she said yes, so Cooper gave me the card and when she saw that we were trying to fix a card onto the bag she found a plain sticker that worked nicely! She then said "we have a broken birthday cake pop and we can't sell it" so she gave it to us! KINDNESS RETURNED! The boys wanted to eat it right away, but out the door we went. Elliott commented that there were a lot of people there on their computers. Cooper replied they are trying to learn about coffee or get jobs there. I laughed and gave them the low down on people in coffee shops are there to enjoy the atmosphere and coffee. Next we arrive at Old Navy. We wait in line, not sure if the store clerks in the front are our unsuspecting gift receiver. We ask if Lauren was there and the clerk said she was in the fitting room area. The boys gave her the cake pops in the bag with our note along with the coffee. The clerk said "where you the ones who called earlier, she was so excited thinking someone was bringing her coffee". Made us smile. We told her to take the coffee back to her and that way we could make our escape! We raced to our car as fast as we could...and as we drove off we managed to divide our broken cake pop into thirds....Delivering Kindness is a sweet reward ♥