The Kindness of Friends
A few weeks ago, as we began another day of homeschool, we heard a knock at our front door. Half of us were still pajamafied, while the other half of us were dressed for the day. Good enough to answer the door, I thought. We opened the door to find a dear friend with a bouquet of fresh flowers for me! She was a mentor mom in our MOPS group back in the day. What a happy surprise! She even included a note encouraging me for the beginning of the homeschool year. There's just something extra-special about knowing someone was thinking about me. When I receive a personal card in the mail, a note on Facebook, or a bouquet of fresh flowers, it pumps up the positive in my day. Later, I found out this same woman went around and shared kindnesses with several other women I had attended MOPS with several years back. Each of us has at least one school-aged child now, and we've lost contact with some or all of our MOPS friends. To be encou...