A young boy walked proudly into the restaurant that i wait tables on with his grandmother, ordered two seats and clumsily carried his grandmothers purse for her to their table.
When i asked him what the special occasion was, he smiled and said "it's my grandma's birthday and since grandpa is in heaven, I'm her date!"
Loving children GMH.
(Submitted 12/25) A year ago, I was raped by someone I thought was a friend.
Today, my three month old daughter Adria and I spent our first Christmas together.
Knowing that good can come from even the worst circumstances, when you least expect it, GMH.
Today it was raining heavily. I saw an elderly woman waiting under some shade, hesitant to step into the rain.
A high school boy who was walking home, saw her, and handed his umbrella to her. She tried to offer him money but he shook his head and continued on his way.
His thoughtfulness GMH.
When I was a kid, my dad found out that a family friend had lost his job, and the family had no money for groceries.
He went to the supermarket and bought a whole cart full of groceries with his own money, delivered it to them, and told them that donations from our church had paid for everything.
GMH
When I was 13, a bunch of girls decided to lock me into the gardening house.
Little did they know the sprinklers poured down, drowning me, leaving me scared, wet and crying.
A boy punched through the glass and carried me to the school nurse, even with a bleeding, broken hand.
My now-husband's courage GMH
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My brother got in legal trouble at age 18.
He did community service at a soup kitchen. As they were closing, a man walked in and asked if he was too late for dinner. The head chef apologized; he was. The man burst into tears.
My brother stayed extra late to make him something - and it didn't even count towards his sentence.
Last week I found out that my grandmother is dying of cancer.
I'm currently an exchange student so going home meant canceling my exchange. When my Japanese friends found out, they raised enough money for a round trip flight for me to see her.
Best friends even though we speak different languages GMH
(From MLIA) My younger siblings asked me to make cookies for their holiday party.
I made cookies, put them in bags, and sent my siblings to school. Later, my dad got a call from a worried parent who had seen them leave school in the wrong direction.
They were leaving all of the cookies outside of the homeless shelter.
These children GMH.
