My good deeds in honour of Thomas

Three years ago on March 9th a sweet boy named Thomas was born. He is an angel in heaven now. His parents request that in memory of their son's birthday each year everyone go out into the world and perform random acts of kindness to help make the world a better place.

Last year I made a donation in Thomas's name to my local childrens hospital. This year though money is tight, so I chose to donate nearly all of the baby items I am no longer using to a young woman expecting her first baby next week. I found an ad placed by her friend on a local buy/sell board. They were still in need of many items so I gave them everything I could - a big bin full of clothes and blankets, a diaper bag filled with bottles, toys and formula, a complete travel system, bedding, a snuggli, a bouncy seat and more. The friend who placed the ad came by today to pick it all up was speachless when she saw all I had for her to take to her friend. Her partner remarked that this kind of generosity is very rare. They both thanked me. I smiled and thought of Thomas.

Also, during my search for someone in need of baby items I came across a request for cloth diapers. The ad said they were willing to pay for them but couldn't afford to buy new. When I was expecting my first child a dear friend gave me a bin filled with baby clothes and in that bin there were 5 cute cloth diapers in excellent condition. I never even wanted to attempt cloth diapering and several times tried to give them away, but couldn't find any takers. Finally I could pass them on. So, I contacted them and offered the items for free. They were thrilled but I live quite far out of the city and they didn't think they could get to me and it would be just as much trouble for me to go to them. I offered to mail them the diapers at my expense. They seemed surprised by my offer to pay to send them something for free. I suspect they never expected to actually get them. They emailed me to let me know they received them yesterday and that they were so very grateful. Again I smiled and thought of Thomas.

(((((K&S)))))