by Jennifer Hallmark | Mar 6, 2017 | Author news, Small Acts of Kindness
Sometimes you need to be kind to yourself… By Gail Kittleson Spending the worst of the winter months in the Arizona mountains comes as a huge gift. We do this because of my sinus cavities. Yes, something good has come from those complicated caverns that have...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Feb 27, 2017 | Author news, Faith, Small Acts of Kindness
By Janell Butler Wojtowicz Since being widowed eight years ago, my mother, who lives on a limited income, has experienced many loving acts of kindness from people in her small-town Iowa church. They are a close-knit family of believers so I shouldn’t be surprised by...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Feb 6, 2017 | Author news, Faith, Small Acts of Kindness
By Christine Lindsay As a young woman of twenty-one, I didn’t have many friends. That is, until an elderly woman toddled into my life on her old-fashioned pumps. Eighty-something-year-old Eva’s kindness turned my life around from sadness and loss, to new horizons of...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Jan 30, 2017 | Author news, Faith, Small Acts of Kindness
By Patti Shene I set out to do my grocery shopping at the Safeway, located twenty miles away, with the coupon book I had received in the mail tucked away in my purse. The federal government paid their employees twice a month, so every payday, this chore had become...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Jan 23, 2017 | Author news, Faith, Small Acts of Kindness
By Julie Arduini It was an organization that made me feel important and normal. At meetings I was encouraged that my toddler would not graduate in diapers or with a pacifier. As a new mom, we were given refreshments that weren’t first touched by our child’s sticky...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Jan 6, 2017 | Author news, Faith, Small Acts of Kindness
By Jennifer Hallmark 2017 is just beginning and it’s time for a fresh start and with me, a new focus. In December, I always pray about a focal point for the next year. A thought or scripture to wrap my mind around so when life gets hard, I can remember and not...