Random Acts of Kindness (and stupid emotions!)

watermellens · January 2013

I am apparently crying at everything these days - feeling very overwhelmed about having 2 kids and being 30 weeks pregnant apparently don't mix!

Anyways, I was at Dunkin Donuts this morning and paid for the coffee of the woman behind me in the drive though. I drove away, she honked at me and waved and smiled and I could see her say "thank you."

I burst into tears in the car thinking about how good it made me feel to do something small for someone else. Indifferent WTH lol.

I remember last year (I think it was this board) around Christmastime, a kind December mama walked into Walmart and paid off someone else's lay away.

Anyone else doing any random acts of kindness lately?

jillybean800 · January 2013

watermellens:
I am apparently crying at everything these days - feeling very overwhelmed about having 2 kids and being 30 weeks pregnant apparently don't mix!
Anyways, I was at Dunkin Donuts this morning and paid for the coffee of the woman behind me in the drive though. I drove away, she honked at me and waved and smiled and I could see her say "thank you."
I burst into tears in the car thinking about how good it made me feel to do something small for someone else. WTH lol.
I remember last year (I think it was this board) around Christmastime, a kind December mama walked into Walmart and paid off someone else's lay away.
Anyone else doing any random acts of kindness lately?

This was me, and I did it again this year. It was wonderful

In the beginning of December, there was a young girl in front of me holding a large book called "Ways to get free money for college." So I took it from her and offered to buy it. She was like no no, but I said, "I'm a teacher, I want kids to go to college for as cheap as possible. Save your money." So as I am buying the book for her, a lady walks up to me and says, "That was such a nice thing to do, let me help you buy the book." She gave me a 20 dollar bill. The book was only 25, so I only spent 5. And then that made me cry because that lady was so nice!

Yay for random acts of kindness like that lady's and yours!

watermellens · January 2013

jillybean800:
watermellens:
I am apparently crying at everything these days - feeling very overwhelmed about having 2 kids and being 30 weeks pregnant apparently don't mix!
Anyways, I was at Dunkin Donuts this morning and paid for the coffee of the woman behind me in the drive though. I drove away, she honked at me and waved and smiled and I could see her say "thank you."
I burst into tears in the car thinking about how good it made me feel to do something small for someone else. WTH lol.
I remember last year (I think it was this board) around Christmastime, a kind December mama walked into Walmart and paid off someone else's lay away.
Anyone else doing any random acts of kindness lately?
This was me, and I did it again this year. It was wonderful
In the beginning of December, there was a young girl in front of me holding a large book called "Ways to get free money for college." So I took it from her and offered to buy it. She was like no no, but I said, "I'm a teacher, I want kids to go to college for as cheap as possible. Save your money." So as I am buying the book for her, a lady walks up to me and says, "That was such a nice thing to do, let me help you buy the book." She gave me a 20 dollar bill. The book was only 25, so I only spent 5. And then that made me cry because that lady was so nice!
Yay for random acts of kindness like that lady's and yours!

And that made me cry again to read your story!!!!

Ltlsktl30 · January 2013

It feels so good to do something for someone else unexpected. I paid for someone's meal behind me at the wendy's drive thru.

and then my husband and I paid for a woman's meal at olive garden. she was sitting alone and we asked the server that we wanted to remain anonymous. She was hugging the server thinking it was them.

i love paying it forward when i can