“We were exiting the ramp when we noticed a young lady holding a sign on the sidewalk. It was difficult to see the words, but as we pulled up to the red light, I was able to make out ‘Pregnant’ and ‘Hungry.’ We approached her. ‘We’re going to help you.’ Everyone else laughed or ignored her.”
‘She began sobbing. ‘No one has ever done anything like this.’ Pregnant and hungry, she was living off leftover cheese.’: Man shares act of kindness for homeless couple
‘Why are you doing this?’ There were 50 shirts. With each one, he told me about the kid who made it by name. Little stories, smiling with belly laughs.’: Dad learns lesson on kindness from late son
“2 months later, Connor passed away suddenly. I think about this memory often. My son taught me what being a man is.”
‘His roommates heard him making weird noises at 11:30 p.m. He was acting strange. ‘He has no brain function.’: Woman spreads kindness after losing sibling to ear infection
“For 2 weeks, he wasn’t feeling good. He had an ear infection, and because he didn’t have health insurance, he didn’t go to the doctor. He owed $35k for a surgery to repair his shoulder in October of last year. His ear pushed the infection further into his ear canal, to his brain.”
‘My eyes were moist. ‘Margie, you made my day. We appreciate you.’ She came running down to the corner.’: 4-year-old girl becomes best friends with garbagemen, ‘This is beyond anything we ever expected’
“She wasn’t feeling well all day. When she heard them coming down the road, she asked, ‘It’s the garbage men!!! Can I go outside?’ Since that day, her love of trucks has become more about who is driving them than the truck itself. This has gone beyond anything we ever expected.”
‘Lie down.’ She held a suction straw to her weak mother’s lips. Mama had been living in the hospital for nearly two weeks.’: Daughter thanks kind and devoted mom, ‘Someone loves her, too’
“During the night of her vigil, I saw my mother illuminated by a crack in the door and holding a suction straw to her weak mother’s lips. Mama patiently reassured Maw Maw time after time that she was fine, that she was safe.”
‘I noticed a man going through the garbage. ‘Can I buy you something to eat?’ I got out of my car, my heart hurting for him.’: Man shares act of kindness for homeless man battling cancer
“He broke down crying. ‘You don’t understand. I prayed God would send someone to buy me a hot meal today…and he sent you!’ I was speechless. He lifted up his shirt and pointed to a huge mass poking out from his stomach. He didn’t have much time left.”
‘I saw this woman in distress. A family had all their groceries rung up but couldn’t find their debit card. I told her not to worry. We would pay for her groceries.’: With small act of kindness, woman teaches others the meaning of paying it forward
“It was about us helping when we can. 15 minutes later, we were outside. She and her husband came up to us. She touched our hearts.”
‘Why are my black friends convinced it’s about race? I have been called a hero, an idiot, and an attention whore.’: Ex-Pastor goes viral carrying a TV while running for Ahmaud Arbery
“I am the crazy white guy who carried a TV while running. Looking suspicious didn’t get me followed with shotguns.”
‘I said, ‘Ask me anything!’ My 7-year-old niece was quiet and hesitant. ‘Is he going to be like this forever?’: Mom of autistic child offers support,’ Know there are so many of us with you’
“My sweet boy wasn’t talking, and he was growing increasingly frustrated. His sensory sensitivities were unpredictable. I do know I avoided saying ‘yes.’ But I couldn’t say ‘no.’”
‘I saw an elderly man with his walker at the corner. ‘I’m trying to get to the 99-cent store 1.5 miles away.’ His wife needed some chocolate bars.’: Man shares act of kindness for 93-year-old man
“He told me, ‘My wife and I like to share a Hersey chocolate bar every night and we’re out, so I need to buy 35 Hersey Bars.’ I put on my trusty blue gloves and mask, gave him some hand sanitizer, and sprung into action.”
