Random Act of Kindness Day Two

Random Act of Kindness: Day Two
Our Mission:  Treat Someone to Coffee
Our Location:  Starbucks Drive Thru
Our Target:  An unsuspecting car behind us

After we went out to celebrate Jonathan's birthday.  We drove through Starbucks and waited by the drive thru line for a car to pull up behind us.  The rain was pouring down and it took only a few minutes before a minivan pulled up behind us.  The cashier asked to take our order and we said we were not ordering but we were going to pay for the vehicle behind us.  The boys looked back anxiously to see an older couple in the minivan ordering something.  We got to the window and paid for their order.  The cashier was smiling,the boys were giggling with happiness and filled with excitement.  The rain was coming down even harder, and there was a lot of traffic, so we couldn't just "dash" off like we did yesterday.  Elliott was very concerned that they were going to "catch us" and ordered his dad to drive faster.  They turned back as we rounded the corner to see the couple getting their order.  We talked on the way home about how the couple must have felt to get their surprise.  We talked about how we felt doing it.  Elliott said "if they bought coffee for the next person , and then the next car bought coffee for the next person, if everyone did something nice we could change the world!"  Yes, indeed...we certainly could.  In just two days, we have received more joy in giving...the rewards to what our family is learning are priceless.  This is what it's all about!!

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted" ~ Aesop

We invite you all to join us and give a little kindness today!!

Random Acts of Kindness

Random Act of Kindness Day One

Random Act of Kindness:  Day One
Our Mission:  Ding Dong Ditch ~ Girl Scout Cookies
Our Location: A random house in our neighborhood

We drove through our neighborhood about twilight.  The boys at first wanted to drop the cookies off at houses of friends that we knew.  I told them that wouldn't be a random act, that would be an everyday kindness act.  They decided to look for a house that might show signs that kids lived there, because they said kids love cookies.  We looked for a house that we knew someone was at home, so the cookies wouldn't be sitting out overnight.  We spotted a house with their lights on.  The boys spotted a basketball goal.  Two very excited boys ran, they knocked (there wasn't a doorbell).  They left the packages of cookies and the note.   Then they ran like wild men running for their lives back to my car.  They jumped in "yelling..GO MOM, GO, GO GO!"  As we drove off the boys looked back and saw someone coming to the door reaching down to get the cookies.  We are going to have so much fun with this....Ding, Dong, Ditch a success!!

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What to Give Up For Lent

Ash Wednesday, what is everyone giving up for Lent? Thought about this a lot today...I think I am going to give more of my time, instead of giving up something as meaningful as that is...I read somewhere where teens came up with unconvential ways to celebrate lent..and one way was to write one letter each day to special people in your life for the next 40 days, others had volunteer or pay it forward, random act of kindness type things...I kind of like that idea.

Summer of 2011

Here's to the nights where the sand is your seat, the waves kiss your feet, your... friends outnumber the stars, and even the chilliest of nights are still warmer than the cold one in your hand. Summer 2011 was one to remember ♥ Seventeen more days until the first day of fall ~ This summer held so many wonderful moments....the boys surfing, building sandcastles, sunkissed cheeks, sandy feet, turtles hatching, quiet afternoons reading on a blanket in the sand, highlights in our hair, late night pillow talks, shark adventures, dinner with friends, lots of laughter filled moments, walks along the beach at sunset,  touring the historic town of Beaufort, girls beach week packed with crazy fun, collecting seashells, playing paddle ball and football on the beach, fun at the waterslide, discovering and learning about new sealife, visits to the maritime museum and aquarium, tossing a frisbee, a ghost walk, pizza pool nights,  pirate invasions, family fun game nights, reenactments at Fort Macon, watching the full moon rise over the ocean, icecream sundaes, checkers on the beach, seeing the sunrise near the Bogue Inlet Pier, tons of pictures and snapshots of memories stored in my heart, visits from family and friends and hanging out on the beach is what makes our happy place happier......Life.Is.Good.