My 10-year-old daughter saw an elderly lady at a pizza place asking a teenager if she could buy the stuffed animal he had just won from a machine. The boy said, “NO. It’s for my girl.” So, my daughter asked me for a dollar to see if she could win something for the lady. She ended up winning! When she gave the stuffed leopard to the lady, the woman almost cried. She explained that her husband had a stroke and was in the hospital, and she wanted the stuffed animal to cheer up her sister. The lady tried to give my daughter a dollar as a thank you, but my daughter said, “No, thank you! I just want a picture with you because you’re so beautiful.”
Before we left, my kids asked if we could grab a to-go pizza to give to one of the homeless people we often see in that area. We found a couple not far away and talked to them for about 10 minutes, hearing their story. I had run out of my “blessing bags,” so all I had to give them was the pizza and $20. But honestly, what they gave us was worth so much more. We felt so blessed to be able to bless them!