Today my act of kindness was more random than deliberate. I met a man selling stems of mistletoe to earn a little extra money to buy Christmas gifts for his seven children. I now have mistletoe hanging over my door. He was so grateful.
Category: The Birthday Project (Page 4 of 4)
There were many acts of service today, but they are things I do all the time. This birthday project is meant to get me thinking about doing things I normally don’t do. As part of day 60 I plan to mail 60 thank you notes to people who have influenced my life. I plan to write a note each day so that I have 60 completed by day 60. I haven’t started this and am already behind so today I wrote three of these notes to catch up.
I wrote three more thank notes to people who touched my life today and mailed them…two young girls played O Holy Night and a friend taught a beautiful lesson about the Savior and encouraged us to think about the question asked in Matthew 16:15 “But whom say ye that I am? Then ask myself, “Am I seeking to have Christ revealed to me?”
Today we were up early and out the door to the St. Nick Fun Run at Rorey’s school. The profits from the race go toward the scholarships at the school. Definitely a good cause and worthy of one of my 59 deliberate acts of kindness.
Andrew and Leigh ran the 5K together and then Leigh continued on to run the 10K. Andrew was very surprised to get second place in his age group. I had planned to push the double stroller with Rorey and John in the 5K. We started out and were going well as we passed the park Rorey decided that it would be a good idea to go across the bridge and check out the water level. So we cut through the park and continued on in the race for awhile before turning around to get to the finish line before Andrew so we could take some photos.
Since I didn’t really finish the race I felt like I needed to do something else today. A norther hit College Station while we were out and about and it was really cold. I drove home with the heat cranked up most of the way and sang my heart out. When I got to Kingwood I decided to stop for some peppermint hot chocolate at Starbucks. I had the intention of paying for the car behind me if anyone pulled up. When I got to the window I told them what I was doing and asked to pay for the car behind me. I was told that maybe I should rethink that since their order was large. I smiled and paid for my hot chocolate and their order. The guys inside smiled. I know that this is a popular thing to do, but I haven’t ever done it! I smiled the whole way home and my peppermint hot chocolate was so good.
Today begins the “60 days to 60 Years” Birthday Project. I will turn sixty on February 10 and to celebrate being alive for this big event I am planning 59 deliberate acts of kindness for the next 59 days. The 60th day will be my birthday and I plan to spend the entire day doing acts of kindness.
Last year, just three days after my 59th birthday I had a biopsy. A month later, following a thyroidectomy, I was diagnosed with follicular thyroiditis and large diffuse b cell lymphoma. I am so grateful for the out standing medical I have received this year and for the love and support of my family and friends. I am so blessed to be alive, hence “The Birthday Project- 60 days to 60 years.”
Since I am driving to College Station today, I am sending off some checks for charitable contributions and I’ll be on the lookout for some spontaneous things to do. Thinking about this project has kept me in the spirit of doing good things ever since I decided to do it.