Halo

When one of my grandsons was 7, now 13, at Christmas time went to my Son & told him that all he wanted for Christmas, that year, was to donate all the money that would have been spent on his gifts to a family that couldn't afford to have a Christmas. So my son helped him find a needy family & provided Christmas gifts for them including all the trimmings for a nice dinner. My grandson was so proud that his Dad let him do that. By the way, he did get a nice Christmas himself. My son said how can I not reward him for his compassion for others.

Alondra

I love these stories! These are good examples of truly loving, compassionate people, and it does my cynical old heart good to read about them here. God bless them all for their kindness!

lisajane

O.K. I guess I am a biter too!

I got to start with a little background first. My ex-husband passed away on December 16th 2011. My sons Darryl and Brandon are 29 and Bran just turned 28 in March, It was and still is so hard on everybody. My grandaughter Kryssalynn who is 6 and was the apple (literally) of her papaws eyes, is taking it hard as well. It's been rough.............O.K. on with my story. I had Kryssalynn for the weekend last week, We got up on Saturday to go shopping and out to eat. Well, I took her to the dollar tree because she can get a whole bag of goodies for 10-15 dollars, you know....Coloring book and Crayons, Jump Rope, Sidewalk Chalk, Bubbles you name it we got it. She loves Snowglobes, and it just so happened they had one with an Easter bunny, so of course we got it. Next to the Snowglobes was Porcelan Crosses, she picked it up and said, "OH, let's get this and go put it on Papaws grave". Even in the time of her shopping, her mind still wandered to Papaw. It was all I could do to get out of the store before bawling. We got the Cross and we took it to Papaws grave as soon as we left the store. It was the least I could do for her. Even in her innocent mind...she will still make me laugh. Because I wanted to go to Menards and get a new birdfeeder and seed. After the Graveyard I told her I wanted to go to Menards, she didn't want to, she wanted to go home with that huge bag of goodies in the back seat. I told her....hey wait a minute you got to go shopping now Mamaw needs to go shopping. That's when she looked up at me and said.......Oh, alright, all you gotta get is Bird Weed, right? She keeps me laughing. She keeps me young!

buslady

I think I'll mark this thread so I can come back to it often. You don't often hear stories of the "good stuff" people do, much less these little people. Maybe there is hope for us yet.
And, I have one too. I have 8 grands, one is a set of twins. They are both the most loving and compassionate people I know. (the others are too, but this story is about one of the twins). There mom got a voice mail from the teacher while she was working, and subsequently saved that recording for anyone that wishes (and some who might not, LOL) to listen to. The teacher wanted to make sure she knew what Logan had done that day. It seems there was a little boy in his class, you know the one, a little shy-maybe didn't dress just right-hair, stood out and the other kids picked on him a little. He usually sat alone. Well, Logan went up to him and invited him to join him and his friends. He told his friends, "I want you to meet my new friend". That is all it took, the young man had a wonderful day. The teacher said she had not seen such a smile on his face, ever. When he got home his mother asked him why he decided to include the young man. His answer. Because he looked sad and needed a friend. Heidi cried, and I had tears in my eyes. What compassion. It is too bad we all didn't behave that way!! Well, that's my story. I hope to read many more in the days to come.

Rhonda

I am so happy to see people are telling their stories. I love to read personal stories like this! Our younguns need to be praised and held up to admire when they do good deeds. We will raise decent honest compassionate people if we give them the due they deserve!

Too often little ones are not considered worthy of respect but I try to teach them respect and the best way is to respect our little ones and recognize their moments of greatness.

I hope you give all your little ones and the big ones hugs today!!

coachmatthewsvhs

My son-in-law rolled his car 3 times with all 3 of my grandsons in it. No one was really injured... just bumps and bruises. When at church the following Sunday, the minister asked who had something to be thankful to God for.... my 4 year old grand daughter stood up to say she was thankful to God for saving her Daddy and brothers.

valleyquiltermo

Bless his heart, I don't know you or him but I'm proud of him also. To have come through all that and be a good person is amazing. Good for your daughter being strong for her daughters and they have shown the world what they can be with support of a strong loving family.

dublb

I'm proud of my youngest Son. (I'm proud of the other 2 "kids" also, they are both grown, but I want to tell ya'll about the youngest.) He mows lawns. He paid for his College classes this year with lawn money. He also pays for his own gas, snacks & whatever else he wants. Last week he came home with a new pair of jeans. I told him that I would buy him jeans & he just shrugged & said that I didn't need to. He does his own laundry also. Just decided one day to start doing it. He is normal & doesn't want to do the dishes. Just wants to take care of himself. (He does do the dishes. )
Well we got an E-mail from a friend of my DH. He had recommended our son to a friend of his for lawn work. She told our friend, that our son was a very hard worker & so very polite. She had had some people mistreat in the past & "was so pleased to have such a nice young man to work for her!" Can you see the buttons popping off of my shirt?

mhansen6

My 2 year old granddaughter read my daughter a bed time story the other night. Then tucked her mommy into bed and then went in and crawled into her own bed and went to sleep. I thought it was really cute. She and mommy also make cookies for Daddy all the time. She doesn't eat them because they are for Daddy.

judys

Reminds me of my great-granddaughter. She is finishing her last year of treatment for leukemia and befriended a little boy since preschool who was wheelchair bound. She fetched things for him and really looked out for him in the classroom and outside. Sadly, she watched him choke to death in the lunchroom a few months ago. Very traumatic for the whole class but especially for her. Keep her in your prayers if you will.