Yes I saw this story on cnn .....Good job Tony ..and I to am not a cowboy fan but right is right

Yes I saw this story on cnn .....Good job Tony ..and I to am not a cowboy fan but right is right


Yea, was kind of rough for me to think something good about him too, ha -- BUT like you said, right is right...and if more 'celebrity types' did similar things, just think how many people might see the world a little differently?

So I say we need more "Romo's" out there (just not on the football field... just kidding)

Just wanted to share another story... - (trying to motivate others to still...)


Many years ago I moved from Houston to Austin to live with my sister. We were both just out of school and decided to move somewhere else, but didn't want to be alone, so we moved together.

While trying to find a job there, I had an interview at a Hospital. Well, we all know how Hospital's can be; sometimes you feel like you're in a maze! ha

I was already very nervous about the interview, then after getting completely turned around in the Hospital I was getting very frustrated. I guess it was obvious on my face, because this little elderly Nun approached me and asked if I needed assistance. I practically hugged her and told her where I was needing to get to.

She told me the simpliest way to find it and I went on my way...

I wasn't far down the hall when I remembered that in my eagerness to make it on time for my interview I did not thank her as I should have. So, I turned around to find her, went up and down the hall and around a few more halls, but she was nowhere to be found.

There was someone else who obviously worked for the hospital, so I asked her if she knew who the Nun I had met was... she didn't. After the interview I tried to find her still, but could not; and nobody else seemed to know who she was.

I ended up getting an employment offer somewhere else that I took - but my sister and I both went back to that Hospital to volunteer...which was some of the best times we ever shared together.

( & still never saw that kind Nun again )

That was over 15 years ago, but my sister and I talk about our times at that Hospital quite often...

It really helped to shape how both of our lives; both professionally and personally, would go.
& we only volunteered there because the kindness of a stranger inspired us to do so.

im not really one to be askin for good news today...


but i will search my brain to see if i can comeup with something..

Last summer (2007), my work partner and I were up north doing a roof job, and we stopped into a local restaurant in the morning for some breakfast before heading out to the job. As we were sitting in our booth waiting for our meals, I looked over and noticed a man sitting by himself in a booth on the opposite side of the room, making futile attempts to light his cigarette with a lighter that wouldn't work. I got up and walked over by him with my own lighter and flicked it for him so he could light his cigarette. He thanked me, I went back to my table, and put the incident out of my mind.

When our food came, I happened to look over to the other side of the room again, and I half-heartedly noticed that the man was gone. We finished eating and went to pay our bill. When we got to the register, we were informed that the man from across the room had paid for BOTH of our breakfasts....just because I lit his cigarette for him.

Never knew his name, never saw him leave, nothing, but I thought that was pretty dang nice of him.

That was very nice of him - but it was also very nice of you. Most people would've just ignored the man struggling to get his lighter to work. Who knows what kind of day he was having at that time, what was going on in his life at that moment. I've never smoked at all, but I have known people who do; and I know that when stress hits, a cigarette is needed most of the time.

Just by making that possbile for him, in a way, you might've played a part in helping to calm him down some. So, in return he showed you his appreciation for that. It was very kind indeed; of both of you...

Thank you for sharing that - maybe others with lighters on them will pay attention to those who may need a light sometime ;)

ok i thought of one....
its kinda a catch 22 one, but here goes


last year my mom was a teachers aide for a special needs (autistic) child at the preschool... well, one friday afternoon my mom got a call from the mother of the child saying that she was freaking out.. she was playing with noah (the boy) in the back yard, had turned her back to go get the ball that he had kicked to her, and he had just disapeared, well we live in some VAST farm land, so its not hard for someone to just disapear, she had called the police, and my mom.. my mom called our preacher and started the prayer chain, well the prayer chain did a lot more than just pray, the entire community ended up turning out for search parties, bringing refreshments, blankets, tents.. it went on into the night, people stayed with the parents, searched by spotlight, around 6 pm they found one of the boys boots near the creek that ran behind the parents house about a mile away.. they searched until about noon the next day when the searcehers found the child in the creek. (he did not survive)
well come to find out the father had lost his job earlier in the week, the family was about to get evicted from the house, the only viechile they hadwas the farm truck which could only hold 2 people in it at a time.. utilities were past due, as bad off as it could get it was..

the community donated the $$ for the sons funeral, they paid in advance the tutition for the daughters preschool for the next 2 years, they donated a car for the family to drive, they paid up and over the utitlites for the next 6 months, and the rent for 6 months as well. my dads boss offered the father a job, and told him that he would hold the job as long as he needed it for things to settle down with all that was going on.. the mother started volunteering at the church, and the preschool.

thru tragity the community pulled together, and now the family just had teh anniversary of one year with noah gone..
they are surviving.

Something sweet that happened to our family the last couple of weeks Mom was in hospice....
During the previous months, my sister & I had gotten into the habit of frequently stopping by their apt to do the housework so Dad could spend more time with Mom. After a while, we started finding most of the housework already done by the time we got there. We didn't think much of it, I just assumed Dad was getting up earlier, or needed something to keep him busy when he got home. One afternoon,about 2-3 weeks before Mom went, I stopped by and found an immaculate apartment with a beautiful bouquet of flowers on the table. There was a note on Dad's kitchen counter signed by one of the ladies in his church who lived in his building. "We have you covered Dears. Go spend more time with your folks."

It still makes me teary just thinking about it.

Very touching story...so sad, yet very uplifting at the same time.

I've always felt (and seen) that the worst things that happen around us in life, also bring out the very best in each other. It's sad that it takes a tragedy to make that happen at times; but how beautiful it is to be a part of, no matter what the reasoning for making it happen.

Strangers reaching out to help that family is what this Topic was all about..., kindness and good things happening in a hurting world.

Thank you for sharing that here...maybe someone here who feels they are going through a hard time, will read it and realize just how lucky they truly are instead...

Awwww....I'm sure that meant so much to your parents, and to you and your sister as well. Made my eyes tear up reading it.

I'm also sure that all the help you and your sister gave to him during that time helped tremendously. Be sure that your Mom, in her own way, knew what was being done, and was very proud and moved by it as well. Whether she was aware of it before or after her passing...
You're a very kind, sweet person - sounds like your Mom & Dad did a wonderful job as parents to deserve such a loving daughter. Never forget that.
:)

Thank you for that wonderful compliment!


Yeah, I think Mom knew. Nothing got past her.