Since today is a federal holiday – in honor and remembrance of Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King – many of us have the day off. As we go about our errands and enjoy a bit of extra time, get the whole family involved in small acts of service. It doesn’t take much to make a difference in someone’s life: pay the toll of the person behind you, buy a cup of coffee and a sandwich for a person out on the street, let the person behind you have that coveted parking space, let someone in line ahead of you. You and the kids can visit a hospital and read stories to children, spend time with seniors who don’t often get visitors, shovel snow or do yard work for a neighbor unable to do it, bake cookies or muffins for a shelter. Leave an anonymous bag of treat on the doorstep of someone who lives alone or might need such a thing to brighten up the day.
Possibilities are endless. The warmth and good feeling you and your children will get is guaranteed to last beyond the day. Spread kindness.
Darlene Beck-Jacobson 