42 years ago, an anonymous person left a large box of groceries on our front porch (sometime after we all went to bed).
My mother was supporting 5 children on a 50–hr week at minimum wage with no help from my father, the state or anybody else.
There were many nights where we had only potato soup and cornbread. Some nights we went to bed hungry.
We never found out who left the groceries, but it did more than fill our stomachs. It also filled our hearts, knowing that somebody out there would go out of their way to do it.
Not knowing who our benefactor was, we never could pay it back, so we endeavor to pay it forward.
~ Name Withheld
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awwwso sweet
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These are my favorite stories. Thank you for sharing and being touched by so much love.
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Things like that hsppened fit the humans many times! They pay it FURward too!😺
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Aww, I love this! I remember when a friend of my mother’s bought us groceries when I was child. My mother had lost her job due to illness, savings depleted and we did not know how we were going to eat. We prayed together. Later that day, there was a knock at the door. Someone became the hands and feet of Jesus and answered our prayers. Thanks for helping me to remember that story today!
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This gives me a joy bubble…and a re-commitment to simply “watch” and “listen” for when my little can become much for someone else.
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Great story. All you can do is pay it forward. Well done.
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Every seed of kindness that is sown, no matter how small, blooms into something beautiful. Thank you kindness blog for planting these daily seeds, my reader is becoming quite a lovely garden.
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Paying it forward is better then paying it back
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Thank you , Do Good and move on quietly without expectations . A Human being at it’s best .
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That is a very sweet memory. Thank you for sharing and for paying it forward.
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Reblogged this on Morning flight.
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This made me cry.
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Great story of giving to those in time of need.
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