Last week, I gave a new friend a pair of soccer cleats that my kids wore for one season. They were in like new condition. Even though Moe has yet to grow into that size, I had two pairs of the same size cleats and didn't need the extra pair.
Today, much to my surprise, I received a really nice thank you card and a gift certificate of thanks to Dunkin Donuts for the cleats. It was a real nice surprise and definitely put a smile on my face.
It was just a small random act of kindness that I wanted to share. Does anyone else want to share any small things someone has done to put a small on your face lately?
Yes! But you'll have to wait until I post my entry here tomorrow.
I'm such a tease. :)
Amy
Posted by: Amy | March 03, 2008 at 02:32 PM
A co-worker (I still don't know which one no one would take credit) recently cleaned off my car at the end of the day after it snowed. It really brought a smile to my face when I came around the corner of the building to see my car free of snow. It truly was a perfect ending to an otherwise crappy workday.
Posted by: tek33fan | March 03, 2008 at 05:17 PM
I had a mom I knew offer to drive my girls home from dance class at 6:30pm, so I could stay home with my son and finish dinner rather than drop everything to rush over for the pick up. That just made my day.
Posted by: Fairly Odd Mother | March 03, 2008 at 10:54 PM
Out of the blue a former colleague (who lives in California) sent me a little scottie pin, simply because she saw it and thought of me.
That was special in and of itself. What made it extraordinary was that it arrived in the mail the very day we had to put our 12 year old scottie to sleep.
It was so kind, her note was so sweet -- it was the bright spot in an otherwise very gray day. A small kindness can be a huge thing to the other person.
Posted by: Account Deleted | March 04, 2008 at 08:40 AM
Some of the things others have done (recently and not) that have stuck with me:
* a coworker used to regularly clear other people's cars of snow; same guy used to remind people when their inspection sticker or registration was expired
* a neighbor re-plowed my driveway when I was gone and got rid of the piles of snow that had been built up around my car that I hadn't had the energy to shovel away
* an acquaintance who had car trouble outside my house and had borrowed my phone while I drove her stepson to school later came back to my house with a huge pot of lilies as a thank you
* a friend mailed me a thank-you note for always being willing to give her son rides to something my son was going to anyway
* another friend and I have an agreement for dances where I'll drive the boys there and she'll bring them home, so I don't have to get my daughter up past her bedtime
* my (often difficult) mail carrier put a note in my box to say that she really liked the new fence I had just put up
* I came home one day to find a large pot of mums on my porch as a thank-you for helping a busy mom with four kids, by giving her son (my son's best friend, who lives up the road) rides to sporting events or letting her kids get off the bus at my house until she got out of work
* I sent anonymous birthday cards to every person at my church for a year.
* Also sent anonymous cards of cheer to a church member who was incarcerated
Posted by: markira | March 04, 2008 at 08:48 AM