This thought is stemed from Delarla's thread "The Greatest Gift..."

I challenge everyone to make one phone call, send a card or bake some Cookies for someone you don't normally get in contact with. Do this for someone who looks like they have everything or someone you know who needs a pick me up.

Encourage someone who is on a diet to keep up the great work. I love this one.

It feels great when someone calls me just to say hi or I was thinking about you.

Teresa, while DeLarla is responsible for many a great threads on this board...pamstransky started the greatest gift thread...and it's a goodie, I agree!

I'm taking your challenge. I'll post what I come up with!!

Kathy thank you and forgive me pamstransky. That was a great thread you started.

A fantastic idea, and a good one to keep in mind as a New Years' Resolution. Make someone's day today! Cindy

:bump2: because I love to make people happy.

Hmmm, wonder who I can bless today!

On a funny note, lol, my dad's favorite phrase is, "Just trying to be a blessing..." He uses it mostly when he's being a brat, heh. Makes my mom laugh every time! He gets the cutest twinkle in his eye. Come to think of it, so does my husband! Guess I know why I married him!

Awww that is so cute.

I'll take the challenge, too. I keep a card on my desk with a saying I love:

Master the art of tenderness. We are all tired of having our hearts and spirits broken by the absence of tenderness in the world.

That's something I've found on this board as well as fun and information...tender hearts that lift each other up. Thank you to all of you, and hopefully I can be a blessing to people I meet each day, too.

Emily

great idea..my motto in life has always been " be an Angel. practice random acts of kindness..

I am in this challenge for sure

La madam I like that

" be an Angel. practice random acts of kindness.."

I just read this thread again, and thought it worth bumping. Please especially remember to be a blessing on the road. There are so many aggressive drivers. Let someone merge into your lane...you're still going to get there, and the other driver will be grateful. If it's me, I'll even wave! Oh, and leave some space between you and the vehicle in front of you.

Let's all be road angels instead of road warriors this week!

Blessings to all, Cindy

Let's all be road angels instead of road warriors this week!

Cindy that is so cool. Road Angels, I like that......i do feel good when I let people over. I will try to do this more often. Thank you

ROAD ANGELS:clap2: :clap2:

Great idea! Guess I missed this sometime in the past. I've had some things on mind, in this line of thinking. Specifically, there is this guy at work who, God bless him, is the grumpiest, most unfriendly character. You speak in the hall and he literally growls back at you. I've heard it said that his former wife was an addict and I know that he has his 3 children and has been raising them himself. Several days now, it's been on my heart to do something kind for him on 'Mother's Day' - now to think of something appropriate. Hmm...

I love the "Road Angel" idea, too! Since I tend to be testy when I'm in a hurry, this will be a challenge for me, but I think it's one worth doing.

Thanks for the idea!

Emily

Great thread!! I take the challenge. Don't miss out on a blessing.....give from your heart!!

I often look for elderly people at places like Wal-Mart that are by themselves and offer to help them load their groceries (my boys are usually contained in the cart). I think of all the times my grandma & MIL needed help and even my own mom today with neuropathy. I've also been known to ask the help of sturdy young studs when I had back problems loading Water & such.

Leatha, you might find an appropriate card at something like a Hallmark shop. My DD got one for me for Father's Day last year...made for the single Mom who filled the Dad role too. They make all kinds! And although I know we need to find ways besides food to celebrate everything, since he has kids, maybe a plate of cookies...or some movie passes...coupon for free movie rentals...a gift certificate to putt-putt golf... I guess it would all depend on the age of the kids. I think any type of acknowledgement would be great! Mother's Day may be a difficult one for him if it reminds his children of what they don't have. You have a wonderful heart for thinking to do nice things for him....

Kat