My Tenth Act of Kindness

An act of kindness can be anything from lending someone something to helping a person in need. An act of kindness can be helping a stranger or a friend.  An act of kindness can be using your knowledge to help someone that may be confused. In advisement we all help each other out with our homework or studying. Today I helped Delaney with her homework and in return she helped me study for my English test. Then in advisement I lent Rachel a pen so she could do her homework and so she wouldn’t fail the test she was taking during that next block. When I was at my locker I saw the girl a few lockers down from me struggling with her locker ladder. All of her books fell out of it and she was almost late for her class. I felt bad so I went over and quickly helped her clean up her books and put the locker ladder back into her locker.

My Ninth Act of Kindness

My brothers and I are definitely not the best cooks in the world. On my mother’s birthday, January tenth, we made her dinner. I made her brownies which were the only thing out of the entire dinner that actually turned out and tasted good. My brothers decided to make chicken on the grill. My brother, that is in culinary school, ended up burning the chicken so we had to go to the store to buy some more. They also attempted to make rice and dinner rolls. The one pot of rice didn’t turn out at all. Then one tray of the rolls was totally black because they cooked them too long. I made the salad which turned out good as well. By the time my mom got home from work the chicken wasn’t cooked and the house was full of smoke. After dinner my mom was still really excited that she didn’t have to cook. It didn’t turn out but we tried our best.    

My Eighth Act of Kindness

On every Sunday I go to my grandparents’ house along with the rest of my family. My grandma was starting to get over the flu so she wasn’t feeling too great. I went there earlier than everyone else and helped her prepare dinner and dessert.  When everyone got there I helped her serve dinner to everyone. After dinner with dessert my aunts and uncles always want coffee. My grandpa usually makes it but he was still at work. So my cousin and I helped her get dessert together and we made the coffee. I do not like coffee and neither does my cousin. We didn’t know if it tasted too great but they didn’t complain. My cousin and I stayed a little later that night to help her clean up the mess because we felt bad. She sat on the couch because by the end of the night she wasn’t herself.  When it was time to leave she gave my cousin and I the biggest hugs and she had a huge smile on her face.

My Seventh Act of Kindness

During art class today everyone that passed me I gave complements to. From telling them I like their outfit to telling them they are my best friend. Also Rachel was struggling to figure out what to do with the rest of her journal page. I told her that she should do a few things but then she spelled something wrong because people were telling her that she was when she wasn’t. Then I told her to just fix it by adding something else over the entire word. She was able to incorporate the picture with the whole visual journal page. Then, my friend Chelsea needed some advice with relationship problems. I talked to her about it and gave her some pretty decent advice; At least I thought it was. Then she took my advice and was happy the rest of the day. I felt like I helped a lot of people out today.

My Sixth Act of Kindness

I spent my Friday night at a homeless shelter. I went with my friend’s little sister’s Girl Scout troop. At the shelter you are able to donate food or clothing items to the shelter. I don’t remember the exact name of the shelter but it was in down town Buffalo. They serve food to the homeless or to the poor. They don’t ask any financial questions when you walk in this way they don’t feel like they are being judged. They serve dinner every week day and then on Saturday and Sunday they serve lunch and dinner. Their dinner is served from five o’clock until seven o’clock. When the less fortunate walk through the entrance they have a choice if they want to take some clothing or produce with them. While I was there with the girl scouts I served food and washed the trays. Each person has one tray with a choice of two different sandwiches, a soup, a choice of salad or a fruit and optional dessert. They only had a twenty minute time limit to eat and “shop” I felt so sorry for each and every individual but mostly for the families and handicapped that came through. Some of these people come every day. It was great to see a smile on every one’s faces that came through the line they were so happy to have a hot meal on their plate and happy they were able to talk to people that might be going through the same thing.

My Fifth Act of Kindness

Today, I was not feeling to great and neither was Rachel Kibler. We both had stomach aches and were really tired. In lunch we didn’t feel too great and so we were complaining to each other. Then she told me some other things that were making her upset. Most of these other things were personal and she didn’t know what to do. So I gave her advice. Rachel was not the only person I gave advice to today. Hannah was not very happy today either. She was very upset and I begged her to tell me what was wrong. Then when she finally told me I gave her advice as well. Also, today during advisement Makenzie was freaking out about a test she had to take during the next block. She said she studied the night before but she was still scared so I helped her study more and told her she was fine. Today was a drab day for many people but I think I helped a few people push through their day.

My Fourth Act of Kindness

The other day Rachel Kibler and I were talking about grades. We both had a few low grades. She had a low grade in Global and Biology. I also have low grades in Biology and Global History. Rachel is in my advisement so we help each other out by studying with each other when we have quizzes or tests coming up. Although, Rachel has a different teacher in Biology as I do I try to help her as best as I can. She has Mr. Ertl and I have Mr. Kasper. Mr. Kasper goes through lessons very quickly but Mr. Ertl is a unit or two behind. I try to help Rachel as best as I can with the thing I remember. Global is and easy place for us to help each other with because we have the same teacher and we are in the same advisement so this makes it easy to study with each other. The last time I helped Rachel study biology she got a 95% on the quiz.

My Third Act of Kindness

The other day I went to the doctor’s office for a yearly checkup. My mother also had an appointment after my appointment. I didn’t feel like going to her appointment as well as mine. But, I am so glad I went because there was this old lady coming up the stairs. She had a walker and her husband dropped her off and helped her up the stairs. After he left she needed help to get to her seat. My mother was in the office and I was just sitting there waiting for her. Although she had a walker she moved very slowly and went maybe and inch per step. I felt terrible. So she was having trouble getting around the seats and the chair kept moving I held the chair for her so she was able to sit. After a while the nurse called her name and she had to get up. I held her hand and helped her stand up. The smile on her face after I helped her was precious.

My Second Act of Kindness

My second act of kindness was about two days ago. The other night my mother was not feeling so good because she is sick with a head cold. She slept from the time she got home from work which was around six o’clock and she woke up the next morning when she had to go back to work. I felt bad that my little brother kept annoying her while she was sleeping. I made my family dinner and I took care of my little brother for the rest of the night. I fed him dinner, played games with him, gave him a bath, and put him to bed. He is also sick so he was not to happy, he was a little crabby. In the morning when my mom woke me up for school she was very thankful she said she needed a break because she did not feel well at all that night.

My First Act of Kindness

Over my Christmas break my I went shopping at the mall. I bought a lot of new clothes with all of my money and gift cards. I bought most of the stuff but then my mom pitched in when I ran out of money. When we were standing in line at a store, I don’t remember which one, but a lady dropped her purse and a few things fell out of it. I felt bad because she had three little kids with her and she started freaking out. She was holding the infant and the other kids were running around and she didn’t know what to do. So my immediate reaction was to help her pick up the stuff so she could still watch her children. She was so happy to have someone help her when she was struggling. It felt really good to help someone out and hear them say thank you.