<p>Thank you…to the strangers in the airplane who heard my dear friend receive the news that her brother had just died…Thank you. Thank you for helping her, listening…Thank you.</p>
<p>Thank you to the woman at Taco Bell who bought lunch for the soldier behind her yesterday. It brought the spirit of Christmas alive for me to witness her kindness.</p>
<p>Thank you to the stranger that left a Christmas card with iTunes gift card on the windshield of my friend’s car yesterday. The note in the card explained that this was one of twenty-six acts of kindness in memory of those killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Stories like this inspire me to be a better person.</p>
<p>Thank you to the man ahead of my coworker in the McDonald’s drive through last week who paid for her coffee and breakfast. She is having a rough time–her mom is gravely ill and does not have much time left–and he will probably never know what a bright spot in her day his kindness was.</p>
<p>Heck…it brightened <em>my</em> day just hearing about it from her.</p>
<p>Thank you to the homeroom teacher who bought my student sneakers (I teach an afterschool program). I didn’t think they’d fit, since they looked about 2 sizes bigger than the ones on his feet. But he quickly put them on and they fit perfectly. Turns out, the shoes he had been wearing are 2-3 sizes too big.</p>
<p>Thank you to the strangers that paid for my sister’s meal at Taco Bell and left a note, asking her to just pay it forward. My sister did just that, paying for the car behind her.</p>