A young boy and his random act of kindness for my mother in law

7,019 views | Posted by A friend on September 18, 2025

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...

Decided to give away my birthday present. A Chic-Fil-A gift card

6,192 views | Posted by A friend on September 19, 2025

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...

He carved space for his dream, but built the way in for me

4,777 views | Posted by seriphae on September 22, 2025

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...

The tram driver gave my autistic 4 year old a shout out on the speaker

4,314 views | Posted by laushee on September 25, 2025

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...

A Life Well-Lived

4,241 views | Posted by Joseph J. Mazzella on September 24, 2025

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...

Pink Hair

3,860 views | Posted by Bron on September 23, 2025

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...

When a Humiliating Moment Becomes Unforgettable Kindness

3,774 views | Posted by A friend on September 26, 2025

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...

I was a checker for Sam's and did a random act of kindness years ago

2,315 views | Posted by kittygies on September 29, 2025

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....

Random girl sang to me to soothe my panic attack during PE

2,035 views | Posted by A friend on October 2, 2025

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...

Gave my food to a high school kid who didn't have any

1,809 views | Posted by A friend on September 30, 2025

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...

My best ever decision to bring random joy to people: A pocket full of tiny ducks

1,496 views | Posted by the duck lord on October 3, 2025

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...

Dropped off my dry cleaning today. Owner fixed my favorite cardigan on the spot for free

1,319 views | Posted by K on October 6, 2025

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...

An older lady who's a regular at the store I work at surprised me with cookies for my birthday

1,221 views | Posted by A friend on October 7, 2025

I've worked at a small local grocery store in the town I live in three separate times. The first was from October 2023 - June 2024, the second was from February 2025 - April 2025, and I'm currently working there now. The first time I worked there, I became familiar with an older lady (in her 70's) because on the colder...

Working In The Cafeteria

1,172 views | Posted by Joseph J. Mazzella on October 9, 2025

This story is for all of the hard working people in this world. I hope you enjoy it. God bless you always. It was 40 years ago and I was in college. Although I had signed up for all of the financial aid I could possibly get and chose one of the least expensive colleges in the state I was still struggling to afford it. I...

Flat tire, in a cellular dead spot, on Christmas day

1,101 views | Posted by Eana34 on October 8, 2025

This was several years ago, with my two younger brothers. I was around 27, brothers were 21, and 17. We were spending the holiday at the grandparents place 1.5 hours away from my parents place. Something was needed all the way back at our folks place. (Don't remember, and the whole thing would have been forgotten had it not been for the...

Saved from being stranded at the airport, after an awful first ever flight

968 views | Posted by Serena on October 10, 2025

This happened maybe ten years ago. I (16F at the time) went to accompany my dad to his wedding out of the country. Complicated story, but I was to go with him to be his witness (turned out I was too young, but that's not relevant). We went by plane and I was pretty nervous since I'd never flew before. My dad can...

Birthdays

918 views | Posted by Joseph J. Mazzella on October 1, 2025

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...

Didn’t think buying one cup of coffee would make me cry today

692 views | Posted by Bella on October 13, 2025

So this morning I went to my usual coffee shop before work. An old man in front of me was counting coins and didn’t have enough money. The barista was about to cancel his order, so I said, “I’ll pay for it.” He smiled and said, “You don’t know how much I needed this.” His wife...

New family moved in and became friends in no time

634 views | Posted by A friend on October 13, 2025

I love to garden and I always grow waaay too much. I give away the extra to my friends and neighbors. Well, some new neighbors moved in and we talked across the fence. I told him if he ever sees a bag hanging on the fence that it’s veggies from my garden. I hung a bag over the fence about a week...

Empty Closets and Full Hearts

455 views | Posted by Joseph J. Mazzella on October 15, 2025

I hope this new story of mine inspires you to clean out any clutter in your own lives. God bless you always. When my children were in school, each year at the end of Summer my wife and I would buy them all some new clothes for the coming school year. It was a habit that I kept up over the years even though my Special...