Kindness of others.
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Scott……touching and and so very honorable. Great kids making great choices. You have a wonderful family.
Hugs,
MarionScott, nice ending to a terrific story! This is the kind of life event that I would hope become contagious.
The Kids went out today and bought 3 armloads of supplies for the SPCA and dropped it off. They made a donation to the Salvation Army as well. I didn’t care where they chose, just that they did.
Dear Scott, what a beautiful story. You did something right as a Dad. Take the credit, you earned it. I have a feeling this Christmas has a lot more meaning than ever before. Whenever I feel a little down about anything I always remind myself someone else has it much worse. It took me a while to learn this but your children already know the score! HOW WONDERFUL IS THAT? Thank you for the feel good story. I am sure it will stick with us for a long, long time. Bless you and your family.
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I love you and your family. without having met you , I am blessed to have a valedictorian /fulbright kid that somehow I gave birth to However, the one thing growing up that I told her was that the most important thing was to be a nice person. Obviously you have raised some amazing kids. I look at my life, and if it ended tomorrow, I know that I am proud of the kid we raised. You should be too.hugs,
catherineScott….your posting touches my heart. Stories like these give me hope and make me believe that the world can be a better place wherever we are. Some people find it difficult to receive and yet don’t hesitate from helping others with their respective needs. You are a fine person with admirable values and you have set an invaluable example to your children to follow and how proud you must be of them.
I Once rejected a friends kind offering for the same reasons you mentioned i.e. I felt uncomfortable for accepting her gift to me. Her response resonates with me to this day: “Allow me the pleasure of giving something to you; sometimes I simply want to do something nice for you.” It helped me understand that others too find pleasure in giving and we too need to be open to graciously receiving on our end as well.
I wish for all good things to come your way.
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MarionDear Scott,
This is one of the most heart warming posts I have seen. First the kindness and generosity of your boss & co-workers and then your awesome kids wanting to pay it forward. You obviously have brought them up right.
It sounds like you have a whole lot of wonderful caring people in your life who truly love and care about you. My wish for you and your family is to have a wonderful holiday season.Love & Hugs,
DarlaI’ve never considered my self very outgoing, I’m quite socially ackward. 1 trait I am always proud of is my willing to help others who need it. I would never ask anyone for help no matter what however. Its a double standard, but oh well.
Once they found the liver mass and 3 biopsies later starting back in September, I was laid up. Random people showed up and cleaned my yard, closed my pool, and put my winter wood in and stacked it. Random meals show up. My facebook and texts blow up daily with well wishes. These actions were/are so emotionally overpowering, and heart warming that I can’t put it into words.
Today I met up with my boss and 2 co workers from Michelin who brought me get well cards and a bunch of cash they collected. I was floored and overcome with emotion right in Tim Hortons. WOW. They knew Christmas would be tight and they wanted to help out. Although I’m on disability through my work insurance, Im still drawing a smaller paycheck, and I have my full medical coverage. Yes, Christmas is smaller than the past, but its still a nice holiday that many still won’t have. We as a family are still looking forward to a nice holiday.
Tonight I told the kids about the kindness of my work family, and asked them what we should do with the extra money. It didn’t take a second thought for them to want to pay it forward and help others instead of buying ourselves more gifts.
I can’t even finish this thought…..
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