The Lay-away Surprise

 This was posted on Facebook by my good friend Kerri DeBlasi.

"RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS JUST HAPPENED! :) I just got a call from a close friend of mine; she had just gone to the Marshall's in Ansonia to pay for and get her son's gifts out of lay-away. When she got there, she was told that a couple days ago, a man came in and "paid off most of the lay aways". The Marshall's employee handed her bag to her and a receipt (she now owed NOTHING) and the receipt was signed "Merry Christmas. A random act of kindness". That was BEAUTIFUL."

It always makes me smile when I learn about others doing kindhearted things like this.

The Spirit Of Giving (guest post)

I saw this update on Facebook made by my friend Tia Church-Grayson, and I thought it was too beautiful not to share here, so here is an impromptu guest post by Tia Church-Grayson.

A Vietnam vet approached me at Walmart, handed me $50 and told me to get my son something nice for the holidays. He said he was sick as a dog and there wasn't anything anyone could do. He promised himself that he would do this for children if he ever came into money. I started crying seeing the true meaning of the holidays come from a complete stranger.