Friday, October 23, 2009

Several years back, I passed by an elderly man with crutches hobbling onto an interstate on-ramp. I stopped and asked the man if I could give him a ride. He said "Yes, I'm just going to the next exit to visit my wife." When I get to the next exit, I dropped him off at the cemetery. His neverending love GMH.

When i was in elementary school i was a very shy child and didnt have any friends. So when it came to lunchtime i would sit all by myself at the far end of the table. The principal of my school realized this and sat and ate lunch with me everyday for months until i finally found some friends. I will never forget him, he GMH.

I work in an ICU, and yesterday while on shift I noticed that the same elderly man had been sleeping in the waiting room for four days. I asked him why he didn't go home for a sleep. Turns out he is the husband of a woman in isolation on the ward. In his words "We've been married 65 years, I couldn't sleep without her there anyway."

Today I was dressed as a bear and went around a carnival hugging people. I saw a girl about 16 crying, so i gave her a really big hug. She told me that she was ditched by all her friends who only invited her as a joke and my hug made her feel important. Small gestures DO make a difference, this GMH.

I am a poor college student. Today when my boyfriend of 7 months picked me up from school with MY 2 year old daughter,I saw she was wearing a new tu-tu and new shoes and a HUGE smile..my boyfriend took a little girl who is not his on a mini shopping spree just to see her smile. guys like him GMH

I'm a 17 year old girl, and one night I ended up stranded in the city, alone, at 3am. Two bouncers that had just finished work came up and asked if I was okay, and warned me that I was being followed. They took me out for coffee then gave me a lift home, 45 minutes away. Knowing that no matter what, someone's always looking over me GMH.

For four years my best friend held my hand through an emotionally abusive relationship while hiding his deep love with me. Today he will be holding my hand while walking out of the church after our wedding. The fact that he has already loved me through thick and thin GMH.

One night when I was traveling throughout Spain I was on the train by myself at 1 AM. 3 men started harassing and surrounding me. An elderly man came over, yelled at them, sat by me, rode with me all the way to my stop and got off with me. He said he just wanted to make sure I was safe. GMH.

Today I saw that someone had changed some graffiti on the subway from "kill yourself" to "fulfill yourself." GMH

Today, my teacher was telling us a story about her friend's adopted son and how he got picked on for it. One day at school a boy went up to him and said, "I came from my mommy's tummy, where did you come from?" knowing the boy was adopted. His response? "I came from my mommy's heart." He was 6 years old at the time. This GMH

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