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Topic: Great Kid Story
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ajsmom
♀ 17460
Member # 17460 |  Posted: 9:19 AM, March 26th (Tuesday), 2013 |     |
Over the weekend, I attended an event sponsored by the company of some friends of mine. It was an Easter Egg Hunt for their community. Kids of all ages got to hunt for plastic eggs filled with candy and small toys and each kid also received a raffle ticket for the grand prize for their age group - shiny new bicycles.
Toward the end of the event, one by one, they drew the winners for the bikes by age group. The boy who won the 12-15 year old group came up to claim his prize with a huge smile on his face. He then proceeded to tell my friend that he wanted to donate it back to someone he knew in the crowd. His reason? He didn't need a new bike and he knew his friend didn't have one. The organizers wanted to take his photo with the bike but he declined, saying humbly “Take it with my friend instead.”
His parents stood by beaming with pride at his actions and he had most of us adults in tears, including the mother of the boy to whom he gave the bike.
Now that’s a great kid.
AJ’s MOM
Fidelity isn't a feeling...it's a choice.
"Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always." - Albert Schweitzer
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Me: BW - Him: 200+ # tumor removed 7/09
DS - 33 - Yikes!
Posts: 21308 | Registered: Dec 2007 | From: Been Through Hell...On My Way Back |
Hearthache again
♀ 28564
Member # 28564 |  Posted: 9:28 AM, March 26th (Tuesday), 2013 | |
Yes. Sounds like something my 8 year old son would do. Every time he gets candy at church he gives it away to anyone that is new to the church. He has an amazing heart. I get compliments everywhere I go too.
The funny thing is he is also the most popular kid around too. He is usually the biggest and strongest too. We have a running statement that he is going to be the big jock in high-school that also sticks up for the kids that are bullied. He goes out of his way to make friends with kids with special needs. He is a peer mentor to a kid in his class with autism. And one time at a grocery store an almost adult with special needs was talking with him and his mom was almost in tears when we told her about it.
While kids get a bad rep because they can be a pain in the butt, there are still ones and moments that you are in awe of them.
Me-BS(34)
Him-WS(37)
Married-14 years together 15
Kids 4: 17, 14, 10, and 5
DDay#1 9-26-2008 Dday#2 4-26-2010
We have R!!! But I still hate the number 26!
This too shall pass
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Posts: 902 | Registered: May 2010 | From: Michigan |
JustDone
♀ 9742
Member # 9742 | | Posted: 9:35 AM, March 26th (Tuesday), 2013 | |
Awwwwwww, yes, a great story.
Madhatter
Forgiveness is giving up the possibility of a better past.
Nobody forgets what happens, the secret is learning to live with it.
Posts: 2972 | Registered: Feb 2006 |
jo2love
♀ 31528
Member # 31528 | | Posted: 9:37 AM, March 26th (Tuesday), 2013 | |
What an awesome kid! Love this story! 
Posts: 46320 | Registered: Mar 2011 |
lieshurt
♀ 14003
Member # 14003 | | Posted: 10:59 AM, March 26th (Tuesday), 2013 | |
What a great kid!
A relationship without trust is like a car without gas. You can stay in it all you want, but it won't go anywhere.
Posts: 14921 | Registered: Mar 2007 | From: Houston |
Kajem
♀ 36134
Member # 36134 | | Posted: 11:10 AM, March 26th (Tuesday), 2013 | |
I trust you is a better compliment than I love you, because you may not trust the person you love, but you can always love the person you trust. - Unknown
Relationships are like sharing a book, it doesn't work if you're not on the same page.
Posts: 6679 | Registered: Jul 2012 | From: Florida |
nowiknow23
♀ 33226
Member # 33226 | | Posted: 1:53 PM, March 26th (Tuesday), 2013 | |
His folks must be bursting with pride. What a generous and thoughtful thing to do.
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
Posts: 37281 | Registered: Aug 2011 |
sullymeishadomi
♀ 16305
Member # 16305 | | Posted: 2:20 PM, March 26th (Tuesday), 2013 | |
Sweet boy.
Time to be my own bff.
Posts: 9309 | Registered: Sep 2007 | From: NJ |
Mama_of_3_Kids
♀ 26651
Member # 26651 | | Posted: 3:21 PM, March 26th (Tuesday), 2013 | |
That's awesome
Me: BW/33 The kidlets: DS16, DS12, and DD10 The hounds: Three Shih Tzu's The felines: Two short haired kitteh's
Posts: 11773 | Registered: Dec 2009 |
simplydevastated
♀ 25001
Member # 25001 | | Posted: 3:43 PM, March 26th (Tuesday), 2013 | |
There is hope for humanity
Me - BS, 40 (I'm not old...I'm vintage)
Two Wonderful children - DS11, DD8
Getting my ducks in a row for divorce... finally (4+ D-Days too many - listed in profile.)
Posts: 6116 | Registered: Jul 2009 | From: In the darkest depths of hell! |
annb
♀ 22386
Member # 22386 | | Posted: 4:30 PM, March 26th (Tuesday), 2013 | |
Posts: 9163 | Registered: Jan 2009 | From: Northeast |
jrc1963
♀ 26531
Member # 26531 | | Posted: 9:42 PM, March 26th (Tuesday), 2013 | |
AJ's mom... that's a great kid for sure.
Me: BSO - 48
Him: FWSO - 71
DS - 15
D-Day - 12-11-09,
R - he finally came home
Your life is an Occasion. Rise to it. - Mr. Magorium, "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium"
Posts: 25631 | Registered: Dec 2009 | From: Florida |
incredulous
♀ 16737
Member # 16737 | | Posted: 7:29 AM, March 27th (Wednesday), 2013 | |
me: BW, now 55;
DD now 19 (adopted by me as single mom, so XWH was "Dad")
married: June, 2005, together since July, 2002
d-day: 10/21/07;
Divorced July, 2008 and he never looked back...
Posts: 1216 | Registered: Oct 2007 |
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