GTKY Tuesday 7/10

lulu1180 · July 2018

What is the kindest thing anyone has done for you?

purplg8r · July 2018

My parents helping us out financially—they paid for our wedding and gave us a big chunk for the down payment for our house.

Avrilmai · July 2018

@lulu1180 I love this question.
I always really appreciate the small acts of kindness. My friend going out of her way to go to my house and water my plants when I'm out of town, or more recently, when I shared with some friends about IVF. They just let me talk, they didn't try to problem solve, they just listened.
When I started college I was 18 & didn't have the credit rating for a cell phone; my sister put me on her plan and actually paid my bill my first year of college. I went away from home for college and this was back before cell phones were the norm, and long distance calling was a thing. It really helped me to stay in touch with family and took the burden off of me having to pay the bill.

general_organa · July 2018

I mean, my parents helped us out with the down payment for our house and paid for our beautiful wedding.

As as far as random acts of kindness goes, I had 4 huge and heavy bags of wood chips in my cart at Home Depot and a guy just came up and helped me load them in my car. And then he just ran off to go back to helping his mom. It was so so nice!

mermaidca · July 2018

@purplg8r Same here. I don't know what I'd do without our parents. My dad helps me pick out cars and has passed one of his used ones to us after a car accident. My mom put her name down on our mortgage for us (Canada had recently made crazy new changes for first time home buyers and the amount we needed to put down) so having her on there lessened that for us even though we paid everything.

@Avrilmai I love the little things. It's what makes life a bit more manageable!

literatureandink · July 2018

@lulu1180 This is a great question!!

** TW Death ** When I was married before and my husband passed away unexpectedly, I could barely function. My very best friend stayed with me every second. She called her work and just took a bunch of vacation days and didn't leave my side. Every time I opened my eyes in the morning she was there. I'll never be able to repay that. ** End TW **

On a less traumatic note, I smile inside for every random act of kindness, especially when I see young people bestowing kindness upon each other. My 17 year old nephew has always presented as a "cool kid" and hung out with the popular boys at school. He came out a couple of weeks ago as gay and I was nervous about how his best guy friends would react. Both of them were amazing and posted about how proud they were of him and loved him and thanked him for trusting them. It was beautiful to see.

MRDCle · July 2018

A couple winters ago my car got stuck driving home up a big hill. Two guys came and pushed the car until I had enough momentum to get going again in a huge snow storm. They really saved the day for us. @avrilmai I also love random small acts of kindness. I’m trying to do more myself and this thread is reminding me of a few I had on my list!

lillywonderland · July 2018

+1 for family helping out financially for my car, our house, wedding, etc. I hope to someday be able to repay the favor! My sisters have also let me live with them/kept me alive with food while I was looking for jobs right out of college/grad school.

As far as random acts of kindness - we've had our drinks/food paid for when we were in the drive-thru at Starbucks.

suzycupcake · July 2018

I lost my dad in December to cancer. He’s there in my profile photo with me. It was August I think. One day in the kitchen, he let me stand there in front of him like a little kid. He didn’t say anything. I’ll never forget how the sunlight from the window painted his face. He just stood there smiling at me like an angel as the tears consumed me and I said, “I don’t want you to die Daddy please don’t die”. Then he hugged me, held me, and took a tear off of my face with his finger. He put it on his tongue and said, “When you have a child, do that. It tastes so sweet and it’s the most wonderful bonding experience. I love you.”

To me, this is the epitome of love and kindness. To deny oneself to comfort someone else.

MRDCle · July 2018

@suzycupcake that's a really beautiful story. I'm sorry for your loss.

lulu1180 · July 2018

Several months back I was really struggling emotionally and some friends got together and sent me some small gifts to help pick me up and let me know they're thinking of me. It made me feel truly loved.

nanner26 · July 2018

@suzycupcake That brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing.

kiki047 · July 2018

@suzycupcake your story gave me chills. What a beautiful memory to share with your Dad. I'm so sorry for your loss.

*TW*
My story also has to do with losing someone. My Uncle had a massive heart attack about 20 months ago and suffered severe, irreversible brain damage as a result. He's been in a vegetative state ever since. It shook my extremely close family to the core, and we basically lived at the trauma centre for months taking turns staying with him and my aunt/cousins. I lived the closest to the hospital and I'm the kind of person who needs to always be doing something, I'm not good at just sitting and waiting so I took on the role of feeding everyone at the hospital. I made individual meals for between 10-20 people 4-5 days a week and took it to the hospital. It was something I felt good doing, because it was the only way I knew to help in a helpless situation.

Throughout that ordeal, one of my best friends, who I don't actually see very often but we've been friends forever, checked on me almost every day by text and at one point she showed up at my condo on a weekend, let me cry, did my dishes and cleaned my kitchen for me. I'm an introvert by nature so I tend to retreat when I'm stressed or sad, and what she did was something I never knew I needed and I am so beyond grateful to her for doing that.

marebear15 · July 2018

The kindest thing someone ever did for me was sending his son from heaven to die a horrible death to pay for my sins, so that one day I can live with God in heaven. I can't imagine how much love it took to do that.

As for human acts of kindness, I was a nerdy kid as a teenager and one of the few girls that would hang out with me taught me how to straighten my hair and wear makeup. She didn't do it with a mean spirit or to make me fit in, but just realized the areas that I was struggling in and made suggestions and instructed me on how to do things.

purpleteacher82 · July 2018

I definitely agree with parents helping out financially. We’ve received some unexpected financial gifts from both my parents and my in-laws that have helped us out tremendously.

**TW Pregnancy Loss**
When I had my MC in Feb. my co-workers were amazing. My grade level team brought me lunch and made me a basket with chocolate, bath salts, tissues, etc. One of our reading teachers sent me a card and continues to send emails letting me know she is thinking of me and praying for me. My principal was so understanding and even covered my classroom on a few occasions when I tried to back to work, but wasn’t able to stay all day. I am so blessed by my school community!

*End TW*

suzycupcake · July 2018

@marebear15 Amen sister

holly321 · July 2018

TW loss mentioned

The day after I found out I was pregnant with my first loss, an elderly lady who came in to my office weekly asked when I was due. It took me by surprised and I told her it was a secret still, but asked how she knew? She said it was obvious with a smile on her face. (BTW, she did the same thing with my coworker, I am not sure how she knew) A few months later, the week I came back to work after losing the baby, she brought me a bag with a baby blanket in it. I smiled and thanked her, but didn't say a word otherwise. While it hurt, it was the kindest gesture. My baby was acknowledged and had something that was just his. You could tell she knew immediately what had occurred. but neither of us said anything. Over the next few years, I developed a bond with her and we would always talk when she came in. I did finally get the courage up to tell her how much it meant to me and how much I cherished her gift.

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