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May’s Random Act of Kindness

Every month we do a Random Act of Kindness for someone else.  Our family calls it Project Joy.

Our family has completed May's Random Acts of Kindness! What can you do for someone this month?

For the first time in years I wasn’t on a committee for Teacher Appreciation Week at our school.  I tend to volunteer on too many committees and then feel overwhelmed.  I’ve started saying no and doing the things I love the most.  It was hard for me to step away from it, but I’m working really hard to  learn to say no and to know my limitations.

Because I wasn’t on the committee, I asked what I could do to help on the first day for the teacher luncheon.  I was asked to get some flowers for the table.  I can’t seem to do things like this simply.  Maybe it was my guilt for not being more involved but I decided to get flowers for each of the teachers.  I love the teachers at the girls’ school and am so appreciative of the warm and loving environment they give our kids while they’re learning and growing.

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The girls and I made a trip to Walmart to buy some wide mouth pint sized mason jars, a roll of ribbon, and 6 bunches of flowers.  Once we got to school, I walked the girls in and went back to the car to assemble the flowers.  I opened all the jars, took the sealing lids out, and put the bands back on.   Then I took the ribbon and cut it into the length I needed and tied it around the jars.

Our family has completed May's Random Acts of Kindness! What can you do for someone this month?

 

I used my pruning shears to cut the flowers down to size and added them all to the jar.  It was hard to see if I had an equal amount of flowers in each jar so I took the box into the school and readjusted them all inside.  After getting the rest of the flowers into the jars, I added water.

Our family has completed May's Random Acts of Kindness! What can you do for someone this month?

 

Our family has completed May's Random Acts of Kindness! What can you do for someone this month?

 

I hope the arrangement were a bright spot on their table and in their day on that Monday morning.

Have you done any Random Acts of Kindness this month?

xoxo

–k

Click to read about our family’s monthly Random Acts of Kindness

 

         

Click to see a list of Random Acts of Kindness your child can easily do

Teaching our kids to do Random Acts of Kindness teaches them empathy, compassion, and thoughtfulness. Here's a printable list of activities your children can do for others and the people who would be great recipients.

Teaching our kids to do Random Acts of Kindness teaches them empathy, compassion, and thoughtfulness. Here’s a printable list of activities your children can do for others and the people who would be great recipients.

 

Read how we started spreading joy with Random Acts of Kindness

Kindness is contagious. It spreads like wildfire. Start spreading joy by doing random acts of kindness for others.

Kindness is contagious. It spreads like wildfire. Start spreading joy by doing random acts of kindness for others.

 

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Our family has completed May's Random Acts of Kindness! What can you do for someone this month?

 

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Kristina Grum is a Certified Parent Educator who has over a decade of experience working with children, including being a classroom teacher. She currently teaches parenting classes in her local area and writes about shifting parenthood from barely surviving to thriving.

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Kristina Grum is a Certified Parent Educator who has over a decade of experience working with children, including being a classroom teacher. She currently teaches parenting classes in her local area and writes about shifting parenthood from barely surviving to thriving. Read More…

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