Last week my best friend of twenty years lost her mother. She was a woman who delighted in the holidays with family and friends and until the end was talking about baking her Christmas cookies. I am so glad she got to enjoy the time she had with her children and grandchildren and that I got to talk with her at many gatherings about simple things like great books to read.
Just two days later there was the news of the tragic shooting in Connecticut that took the lives of 20 children and 6 educators and left behind so many shattered families. Since that tragedy there has been a movement that was started by a news reporter for people to do 26 random acts of kindness as a way to combat the evil in the world with goodness.
It warms my heart to think of more people going out and being kind to strangers. My next gifts are Christmas tree ornaments. I have a whole bunch and hope the finders spirits are lifted and inspired to pay it forward.
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