For the last few years I have integrated Random Acts of Kindness to my curriculum in order to start students thinking about how we communicate and show empathy to others. Recently my good gal pal Lea Ann began the Random Acts of Kindness movement with her children. There is no time like the present to make this revolution a part of my daily life and walk with Jesus Christ. Here it goes....

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Day 14, July 1, 2010

One of the greatest random acts of kindness you can do is to spend time with the elderly and older members of your family. I took the time to talk with members of my mom and dad's church who thought my girls were the prettiest things they had seen in a long time. Spending time with them relaxes you, makes you look at life in a simpler way, and also to stop and be thankful.

Today we spent time visiting relatives. I really needed this. I learned so much about my family I didn't know. I am a 4th generation Shawnee Indian. I have been scanning old pictures so that the relatives have them to keep. I am going to take them and make books for everyone. This will be a huge act of kindness but means a lot to me. I believe we really need to know what we came from. I have one picture made in the 1800s. Secretly the girls and I thought the woman looked like a witch. Maybe there is more I need to investigate.

I am so thankful and miss living close to family. I don't want to leave. Even though I have lived longer in Kentucky than in West Virginia this is still home.

Blessings everyone.