I saw proof this morning that there are still good people out there. Christopher (my son) and I were waiting for his bus and a woman stopped, got out of her car and handed me $20 and told me it was for Christopher for Christmas. She said she sees us out in the morning when she goes up the street to the hospital for an appt. She said she never had to raise a special needs child and she just wanted to give us a Christmas gift. We stood there talking and crying. What an amazing woman she was! God bless her!

What a wonderful story. My neighbors saw that I left my garage door wide open at Noon hour and wasn't sure how to close it; so the couple guarded my door until I got home at nine pm. Nothing went missing. Talk about good people. I did repay their kindness by removing snow from their sidewalk.

That was so sweet of them to do that for you! The kindness of others is truly amazing. The best repayment is to pay it forward. I know I'll be doing that due to her kindness to us.

Both awesome stories!

Thanks. I was starting to give up on people being nice. I also have a best friend that has been more helpful to me in the last 6 months than my other friends have been in 15 years. He goes out of his way to help me and asks nothing in return. I can't even buy the man lunch but I found he likes baked goods; so I have been baking him all kinds of stuff and he loves it. Eventhough all my chores are done; I am still baking him some stuff just because.... He truly is a dear man and I am blessed to have him as a friend.

This makes me think of the verse "Less we be in the presence of angels unawares".

Times are hard for sure but it is always easy to do some little kindness; pass a little gratitude where it can do the most good.

Sometimes it is hard to accept help but both of the posts show what a difference you make in someones life giving themm the opportunity to be a hero and accepting graciously.

Way to go !!!

I still think about that woman every day, what an angel she was!

Hmmm i have ginen up on people being nice at least here where i live but i have found that people on this site to be nice.Its just not the same though it does make a good place to escape though hehehe.

Well, I lucked in with my friend but he is only one in a city of a million people. He truly is an angel.

Friends like that are one in a million and they are the one we hold onto tightly with both hands!

cool stories

I have knocked the hood here before but there are good folk

I was trying to carry a bunch of large boxes for moving that I bought at U-Haul and was lookin' klutzy


this dude came out of nowhere, took the boxes and said where's ur car? loaded them for me, and then proceeded to tell me a couple places local where I could get more for free (as I'm new here, that was a great help)

where ever he is...whoever he is...thanks

Totally agreed. There isn't anything I wouldn't do for him s he is a gem.

What a great story, there are so many nice people out there. I am glad we were able to see the good in people for a change.

That is so sweet and I know he feels the same about you. I was able to pay it forward today. I chatted with a woman who said her family was really struggling. I offered to get some of my son's books and toys together for her that he doesn't use anymore. He is getting more things for Christmas anyway. I also gave her a few small gift items I purchased and now don't need. She left here with 2 big bags full of stuff she can give her grandkids for Christmas. The look on her face when she saw the bags was priceless.

In Florida the newspaper has a fundraising for those in dire need of surgeries etc, and accept donation to make great things happen for others at Christmas time. This year a man of modest means lives in a railer stated he doesn't need the money to live and donated a 100,000 dollars, becoming the single highest donation in history of the paper doing this. The man asked that his name, identity and city location be kept anonymous. This gives me renewed belief in others goodness.

That is incredible and I am sure made him just as happy as the recepients of the gifts.

I dont know but I can only read what's been quoted for some reason.

Someone posted some messed up link about half way
up the page and now its all screwed up. Can
we get it deleted somehow?

Yeah! Thank you to whoever fixed it and got rid of that weird link that was posted.

Maybe so, all I know is she sure made my holiday! I was able to get a few more things for my munchkin for Christmas!