My daughter @ school

My daughter had a friend at school who ran out of lunch money so she donated $5 to help her out in a bind. On the same day, a boy from the 5th grade was selling candy bars to help out his grandma who had cancer. She used her other $5 to help his grandma's cause. She came up with these ideas on her own.

Groceries

As we were driving down 32 last week we happened to see a man, haggered looking, leaving the Marsh supermarket and crossing 32. He was using 1 arm to carry his groceries and the other to keep his pants up (they were definitely several sizes too big). We stopped and gave him $10 to help pay for more groceries. He didn't quite know what to say. It felt good to help someone in need.

The Orchid

All week I waited for the right moment and finally on Saturday it came to me. As I was walking through the grocery store I noticed that there were some beautiful potted Orchid's on sale for Mothers Day. Sale price...$20! I decided that there was a mother in the store somewhere that could use a beautiful Orchid and a thank you for being a mother. I bought them....exited the store and waited for the next mother that exited. A minute later a lady with a child came out....I approached, handed her the Orchid and I told her that I just wanted to wish her a happy mothers day! Her reaction was part thank you, part confusion but I know that when the dust settles I will have made a difference for her on that day.

Scrambled Brain

Tuesday night we went out to eat. I thought maybe for our ‘Big Give’ we could pay for somebody’s dinner. When our waitress brought us our check, she also had two other customers’ checks. And since we knew the waitress, I asked to if I could see their checks. I’m sure she thought I had lost my marbles, but she let me see them.

I told her that I wanted to pay for both of their checks but I did not want them to know who had paid for their meals.

She asked, “What am I supposed to tell them?

I was like, "I don’t know. I’ve never done this before."

One gentleman refused to leave until he knew WHO had paid for his meal. Our waitress kindly nodded in our direction. We were just sitting there talking and I looked up and a guy was just standing there with this kind of lost, confused, puppy dog face. He said, “I guess I owe you a Thank You for buying my dinner, but I am still very confused as to why.” We just kind of sat there and didn’t really say anything, just smiled.

He then said, “Well….Hmmmm! I think I get it. This is some kind of favor that I should pass on, Right?.........Yes I think it is. Well thank you again for dinner.”

He was very welcome. I am pretty sure paying for his dinner scrambled his brain, but in a good way. It also made us feel pretty good. I hope everyone had as much fun with their Big Give as we did.

That was fun.

Rainy Thursday

On a rainy Thursday, I was feeling sorry for myself as I had miles to go and lots of stops to make and I was already drenched......about that time, I saw a homeless man (also drenched) on crutches making his way across the highway. I gave him my seed money from Crosspoint and he smiled and said God bless you!

Suddenly the day seemed brighter -

Blessings Through Belts

I used the money to purchase belts for students at school. (If they are not in full dress code (including belt), they must serve an in school suspension). My thought is: this is a blessing that keeps on giving, because I give them a belt in the morning and they have to return it to me at dismissal, so this "blessing" can help another student stay out of in school suspension! It keeps on giving! :)

Also used it to purchase the $1.00 coke at McDonalds for some of the support staff. I was coming back from a school meeting and thought they might need a "refreshing" drink. The biggest problem was carrying them all into the building! haha

Thank you for this blessing to us. It really makes you aware of how just a simple gesture can make someone's day!

Gas Money?

My blessing was to give the $10 to a man who I work with. He comes to work from Avon to Fishers and has to get gas in his vehicle every day. I gave the money so he could get the gas he needs, but he went to get a hair cut instead. He also needed the haircut. He looks a lot better with the haircut and I am very glad that he used it for something he needed.