She gave me her address so that, in case I needed it, I would have a place to go! This was not my own city, so I had no friends or family around. It felt really good to have a stranger care about me.
Thanks to that stranger for making me feel less alone!
11.
I was 17 when my mom was in the hospital after a very serious surgery. There were complications that night, and it really pushed me into a bad place. I ended up curling up in a ball in some random hallway, just bawling my eyes out.
A nighttime janitor found me and sat with me for a little while, which really helped me calm down.
Some time after he left, a man and his daughter (probably about 5 years old) passed by me. Then, about a minute later, the little girl came running back to me and gave me a lollipop. It’s been years since that night, and I still tear up when I think about it.
A little bit of kindness can go a long way.
12.
When I was maybe 4 or 5 years old, I made friends with another kid in an airport, and he was playing with a couple of glued-together Lego cars. That kid and I played for about an hour with those things, and when it was time to go our separate ways and board the plane, the kid insisted I keep one of the cars.
While I insisted he should keep them, he said it was proof that we were friends. To this day, roughly 20 years later, I still have that car packed up in my childhood mementos box.
The most powerful examples of kindness often come from our parents.
In these remarkable stories, we share moments that prove our parents may not be actual superheroes like those we cheer for in movies, but they are certainly close enough.
