The Kindness of Strangers

This blog is is attempt to fulfill a promise made to a stranger 25 years ago. Spotting a broken down car on the side of rural highway in Upstate New York, a man who could have very easily kept on driving stopped to help me. After an entire afternoon of getting me on my way he accepted only a thank you and a promise that I would help someone else along the way. It is time I fulfilled that promise. I am making a commitment to be kind to a stranger at least once a day for a year.

Friday, December 3, 2010

Bells Will Be Ringing, Again

Day 248

I received an email today desperately seeking more bell ringers for the Salvation Army Kettle campaign. We did it last week but the email prompted us to sign up for another shift. Christmas Eve day you can find my husband, my boys and me ringing as those last minute shoppers rush by.

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AnonymousDecember 4, 2010 at 9:48 AM
Wow! Day 248. That's Two Hundred Forty-Eight days of a concerted focus on your part and the part of your family and those of us who are following along in your journey! I just want to say THANKS because something within me has certainly shifted and it feels as though it is a solid, permanent sort of feeling, kind of shift! That was not even your mission!
Thank you! The ripple effect continues...
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