by Ellen | Apr 9, 2018 | Small Acts of Kindness
It was July of 1985 and I was an exchange student in France that month. I would turn 16 while I was there. I stayed with the Martinellos in a small village called Gap. Doesn’t sound French, does it? But that truly was its name. It’s near Lyon, in the southeastern...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Apr 4, 2018 | Faith, Small Acts of Kindness
By Jennifer Hallmark Hello, world! It’s Saturday. January 20, 2018 at 10:15 a.m. Guess where I’m going today? I’ve kept it a secret from most of the people I know. Before I tell you, I’d like to explain how I got here. Or try anyway. I’m the oldest child in my family,...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Apr 2, 2018 | Faith, Small Acts of Kindness
To me, Spring is an act of kindness to my soul after a long winter…
by Jennifer Hallmark | Mar 26, 2018 | Small Acts of Kindness
By Jennifer Hallmark No one can show kindness like a child. Young children have a generally happy, carefree look at life, not yet jaded by the pain and sorrow associated with growing up. My granddaughter, Phoebe, came to visit one day, bearing the gift of a picture...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Mar 19, 2018 | Author news, Small Acts of Kindness
By Betty Thomason Owens My Dad died eleven years ago. It was unexpected. I was going to the hospital that morning to bring him home. Instead, I received a call that his procedure had not gone well, please come at once. By the time my mom and I arrived, he was gone....
by Jennifer Hallmark | Mar 5, 2018 | Author news, Small Acts of Kindness
By Stephanie L. Robertson The blue and navy bars mocked me from my computer screen. Like a staggered row of dingy tenements, those statistics told me one thing: Your posts are irrelevant. Give up. I admit, I have shed tears of frustration over those metrics. ...
