#7 in our Holiday Blog Series: Our KIND of Christmas. As I walked through Walmart yesterday, I felt a bit disheartened. I know what you’re thinking, “And?? Isn’t that how most of us feel when we’re in Walmart?” That’s why I rarely go anymore. I’ve found ways around my two-hour, all-inclusive grocery shopping debacles and I don’t miss it one bit. Thank you grocery pick-up and Amazon! It was a little worse than usual, though. It’s November. As I walked past aisles and ai

Be sure to read the first blog in our Holiday Series to get the most of out of the Series! After having such wonderful experiences with random acts of kindness during the holidays I knew we couldn’t stop after Christmas. I started asking myself why we wait until Christmas to be so thoughtful and giving. We really shouldn’t have to have a reason. Isn’t this just the way we should live? There are 364 other days in the year and opportunities for kindness abound if you just o

Be sure to read the first post in Our KIND of Christmas to get the most of out of the Series! Read and Seed The second year of Operation Good Deed Doer we decided to leave gift cards in children’s books. I called this Mission Read and Seed because we loved the idea that it could encourage reading while also planting a seed of kindness. So...we seriously just left gift cards in books? Yep. Now, every year on Christmas Eve, with Drew in his Santa suit and his entourage decke

Our KIND of Christmas, Holiday Blog Series #1 You probably never thought about the difference between the two. I never thought too much about it until things started to change. Our only, Drew, turned five. I remember his first day of Kindergarten like it was yesterday. It was that same day in August he came home with questions. He was confused because he’d been treated poorly by some kids at school. Then one day I got a call that he’d been punched in the face standing u