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Dropped Off My Dry Cleaning Today. Owner Fixed My Favorite Cardigan On The Spot For Free

By K on October 06, 2025 / 2,042 views

It was a small act of kindness that made my day. I picked up and dropped off my dry cleaning earlier. I had a nice cardigan for work I was hoping they could fix because a button popped off and there weren’t extras provided. She tested different buttons for some time until she found the perfect one, sewed on the spot and refused to charge me for it. It’s my favorite...

My Best Ever Decision To Bring Random Joy To People: A Pocket Full Of Tiny Ducks

By The Duck Lord on October 03, 2025 / 2,260 views

So a long time ago when I was a kid, I read about people getting tiny figurines of something and hiding it in places for others to find. I really liked that idea. Although I didn't want to hide it in places as I didn't cause a disturbance by accident I started to plan and always have something on me to give to people at random times. At the start of this I used origami cranes, I couldn't...

Random Girl Sang To Me To Soothe My Panic Attack During PE

By A Friend on October 02, 2025 / 2,770 views

When I was a freshman in highschool with hella anxiety I had a pretty bad panic attack (no idea why but back then it was horrible to me). It was PE we were outdoors on the black top and the senior teacher's assistant named Olivia told me to come sit by her cause she probably saw I was hyperventilating. She had me put my head in her lap and she softly rubbed my hair/arm/something while...

Birthdays

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 01, 2025 / 1,408 views

September 29th was my 59th birthday. I’ve lived 59 full years on this earth and just began day one of year 60. It feels strange because the person inside this wrinkled, aging body certainly doesn’t feel 60. But I do have so many memories: memories of love, memories of joy, memories of pain, memories of fear, and even memories of regret. I wouldn’t change any of them, though. They...

Gave My Food To A High School Kid Who Didn't Have Any

By A Friend on September 30, 2025 / 2,409 views

It's been a few years now but one day I visited a Taco Bell around 4 pm or so. I had eaten what I could of my meal and had a few extra food item I would normally have shared with my own teen but he wasn't with me. I had noticed a small group of teen boys and a few of them had food but one boy didn't. He was kind of glancing at the others then checking his phone. My take was,...

I Was A Checker For Sam's And Did A Random Act Of Kindness Years Ago

By Kittygies on September 29, 2025 / 2,980 views

A few years ago I worked part time as a checker for Sam's Club. I'm by no means wealthy, but my kids are grown and my 2nd husband and I are comfortable. I remember there was a time in my life when my kids were very young and we were poor. My first husband and I divorced and it was tough raising 2 little girls on my own. Gosh how we looked forward to going grocery shopping on payday. I could...

When A Humiliating Moment Becomes Unforgettable Kindness

By A Friend on September 26, 2025 / 4,450 views

I was at the store yesterday with my son trying to buy our groceries, it wasn't a lot just rice, oatmeal, apples and beans. At the last minute I told my son to grab a candy bar for himself. He hadn't gotten a treat in such a long time because things are really tight financially at the moment. He was silently looking at it so longingly and it was really nice seeing his face light up when I told him he...

The Tram Driver Gave My Autistic 4 Year Old A Shout Out On The Speaker

By Laushee on September 25, 2025 / 4,906 views

My son was having a little meltdown getting onto the tram which the driver saw as he made his way to the drivers cabin. He stopped to ask what was wrong and what his name was. I explained he had autism and gave his name. He told me not to worry. He then got into the cabin and just before we departed he went onto the tannoy to give him a special mention by name. When we got off, I told my son to go...

A Life Well-Lived

By Joseph J. Mazzella on September 24, 2025 / 4,873 views

My Aunt Charlotte is soon going to be 100 years old. When I was a boy we used to take a week each Summer to travel 7 hours to where she lived and visit her and my Uncle Rich. She and my Mom acted like best friends more than sisters and I always delighted in seeing how happy Mom was when we visited her. Even though I probably spent only a few months of my life visiting her at most, my Aunt Charlotte...

Pink Hair

By Bron on September 23, 2025 / 4,281 views

Yesterday my daughter and I were having a coffee and babycino in a shopping centre when we spotted a girl in a shop with pink hair. My daughter who is 3 was delighted as that’s her favourite colour. I told her when we’d finished our drinks we would go and tell her we like her hair. We walked in and I said we don’t need to buy anything, we just wanted to let you know we...

He Carved Space For His Dream, But Built The Way In For Me

By Seriphae on September 22, 2025 / 5,222 views

We have this completely overgrown area behind our house that was nothing but dense trees, shrubs, and foliage. My husband has been working for three months straight (digging, cutting, clearing) to carve out space for a hobbit house. He’s loved Tolkien since childhood and always dreamed of having his own. Today he finished building wooden steps down into the cleared area and came inside...

Decided To Give Away My Birthday Present. A Chic-Fil-A Gift Card

By A Friend on September 19, 2025 / 6,609 views

I’m currently sitting in the waiting room and they called me up to check in. The lady was so nice and asked me for my insurance card. I opened my wallet and saw the chic fil a gift card and went “do you like chic fil a?” and she said yes so I decided to give it to her. Chic fil a is okay but I hate how busy it is so I gave it to her and she said she was going to give it...

A Young Boy And His Random Act Of Kindness For My Mother In Law

By A Friend on September 18, 2025 / 7,498 views

My mother in law, who is now 96, loves the book sales our library holds twice a year. She takes her little book bag and fills it with some of the oddest titles but she enjoys them all and I'm happy to take her. Last year we were there and it was vey crowded. Somehow she and I got separated. I knew she would be ok on her own, she's completely mobile and able to handle herself well...

Rick-rolled In The Best Way By A Good Samaritan

By A Friend on September 17, 2025 / 7,511 views

My boyfriend and I were on a little road trip holiday, traveling from Bar Harbor to Kennenbunkport in Maine when my dashboard started beeping to tell me that my rear left tire went from 35psi to ZERO. I was so panicked and pulled over right away. Suddenly, this pick up truck pulls over and this guy didn’t just ask if we need help, he brought his tools out and started to...

I Brought Tears To An Elderly Veteran's Eyes By Buying Him A Meal

By A Friend on September 17, 2025 / 8,327 views

This happened around November of 2015 when I (21 at the time) was working as a front desk clerk at a local hotel. It was the night shift and I was the only one working the desk at the time while one of my managers was in the back room. It was late when an elderly man came through the front doors to ask for a room. After going through the regular protocol for getting him checked in, he told me his...

A Compliment That Still Warms My Heart To This Day

By A Friend on September 16, 2025 / 8,167 views

This is such a minor thing but it meant so much to me. This happened when I was around 14 and in a really bad spot in my life (teenage hormones mixed with a bad home life, diagnosed depression and anxiety and not having close friends left me quite isolated). For some context, I live in Sweden and we have woodworking classes as a school curricular, I had spent so much time and put so much effort into...

A Pair Of Jumper Cables

By Joseph J. Mazzella on September 15, 2025 / 8,399 views

It was early Spring. I was driving home after dropping my son off at the sheltered workshop where he works a few days a week. I was enjoying the sight of the trees full of light, green leaves. I was smiling at the sun shining in the clear sky and the wild flowers growing along the side of the road. And I was thanking God for a blessed and beautiful day. It was then, though, that I saw them. Standing in front...