A friend told me that after hearing her sister-in-law's plight (fulltime work out of town and lots of long extra hours helping a Christmas charity) she snuck into her house this weekend while the family was away and washed and folded all of her laundry for her. (TWELVE LOADS!) Her sister-in-law called her bawling, she could barely speak her gratitude. What an amazing Christmas gift, free and from the heart.
How have you helped those you know in little ways that mean a lot? Maybe you held a baby while a harried Mom was shopping? Watched a kid while his parents attended a long, boring Christmas concert rehearsal? Helped someone decorate or wrap?
I hate that the busyness we all experience gets in the way of reaching out to others and hope that in the vacation downtime, a few more small opportunities will turn up before it's back to the grind in January.
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Maybe I held a baby while her mom shopped. ;)
Busted... maybe I helped watch a kid so he didn't have to go to a five hour chorus rehearsal....
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