Stories by Tien (3 matches)

Feeding the homeless with my daughters

I am so appreciating my daughters today and all that we learned while we were growing TOGETHER. I am especially grateful for the activities that revolved around kindness and brought joy to us at the same time. At one time we decided to bake bread for the homeless community on the beach near our home. We took 2 days during each week to bake mini loaves of bread and also took cheese of each person. As this project went on (eventually for more than two years) one of my daughters started having short conversations with each person she gave bread to. Eventually we brought some playing cards and checkers and played with some of the people, too. Soon several of our friends got involved and we began to make full lunches once a week for this community. Years later when I would see one of the previous free lunch recipients, they would come ... Read Full Story >>

How A 21-Day Eco Challenged Changed Us

I am SO grateful for the 21 Day Eco challenge hosted by KindSpring. Taking care of our sweet Mother Earth has always been important to me and I have taken steps in my everyday life to recycle, reuse, think about ways to preserve, etc. but this challenge awakened me even more. Our Scholars Together community has taken on more than we have before in terms of recycling, composting, using our own ceramic cups and metal water bottles when we go out, not buying things in plastic, composting more, and having green lunches more consistently, but the biggest change we made was making a goal of zero trash. We set up more boxes and bins for paper that we could use again, recycled every sheet of used-on-both-sides paper, plastics, cans, etc. ate all of our food, instead of throwing some away and it has been great! We made it into a challenge. In ... Read Full Story >>

Sunny Sunflowers

My daughter, who lives 2 hours away, posted yesterday that she loves sunflowers and that they make her smile. So early this morning I called to have a bouquet of them to her today as a surprise. The person who took my order asked if this was a special occasion and I had an opportunity to tell her about our Kindness challenge.
My daughter should receive her flowers in just a few minutes. I love thinking of her smiling and surrounded with smiling sunflowers. It is nice to get little clues and hints from others as to what they love, so that we can send love to them in ways that touch them. The question still surfaces...who is happiest, the giver or the receiver? I say it feels wonderful for all of us to be in the kindness flow.

Kind Sweetness

Drinking Water Project For Kids in My Area

Mending Hearts One at a Time

Savings On Gasoline