Hi Everyone!
Is kindness contagious? As may of you know (because I am constantly jabbering about this) I am forever grateful and humbled by all the complete strangers that have helped me over the years during challenging and difficult parenting moments. Well, it happened again over the long weekend. Because my family and I were the very last people to make our flight to FL, my older son was seated by himself three rows behind us. Now when most people see a harried family come stampeding onto a plane with kids and bags, everyone looks down, pretends to read their magazine and secretly prays the approaching family is not sitting any where near them.
Well, not the passengers on the JetBlue flight from LaGuardia to Ft. Lauderdale. One man voluntarily jumped up and helped find a place to put my HUGE overhead bag. A woman handed me a bottle of her spare water when my younger son mentioned he was thirsty. The two complete strangers that my older son was sitting in between, not only got him settled with his books, headphones, etc. but took care of him the whole flight (thank you 4A and 4C)! This good-natured vibe continued for the rest of the flight amongst all the passengers.
So here’s to acts of random kindness propelling even more acts of kindness, to all the children that witness these acts, and to all of us who then pay it forward.
Best wishes,
Heather
heather@kiddybites.com
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