Friday, October 3, 2014

Friday, October 3, 2014

Tonight's picture was taken in October of 2007. This was classic Mattie! Sometimes he got tired of my need for photos and when he did, his arms would come up and this was what I would get. As you can see he was laughing and having a good old time while covering his face and avoiding the camera!



Quote of the day: Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and the most underrated agent of human change. ~ Bob Kerrey

I received this email today from my friend Charlie with a link to a story that had this photo in it. The story was about this young girl who decided to take rocks, transform them and give them out to people in her local mall. The rocks came with a birth certificate and a poem. She entitled her self created project, Kindness is contagious. It was a very touching story because she literally was giving away her crafts for FREE at the mall and people at first did not understand her intentions. They thought she wanted money or a donation. However, when they finally understood that she just wanted to make someone happy, the reactions were touching! Some people cried, some people smiled, and some people just felt very special to be going home with a gift created by someone they did not know and with a gift they did not pay for. I think this girl reminds us that gifts can come in all shapes and sizes, but the true gift here came from the heart. 

Though Charlie sent me the story because of its touching nature, she also sent it to me because she thought about Mattie as soon as she saw the stones. She had a feeling that Mattie would have transformed these stones right into bugs with the help of a hot glue gun! Bugs were something that intrigued Mattie to no end and I am not sure if he actually loved them or he loved watching my reaction to them!

Any case this story brought a smile to my face today which I needed since I haven't been feeling well and was also glued in front of the computer trying to write! Not the best combination!