@Steph56Renee The energy being used to fight police needs to be redirected to electing Democratic politicians. Nothing will change for the better if Reps win. We'll always have police, or we will have chaos & anarchy. Energy needs to be used for change, not destruction.
@McpeakRichie I'm so sorry to hear about Richie. As a sarcoma patient myself, Richie has been a my beacon of light for the last few months, lifting me up up in my darkest moments. Today I entered hospice & know when I pass I he'll be there. Every step....
@realTuckFrumper We've got to stop letting the patients run the asylum. Figuring out how to block the sensationalism, lies and conspiracy theories will be tough since the MAGAs feed on that, but if we don't, we will lose everything.
@Samwitch11 My MIL can get very testy at times. Once, we were calling our dog in from outside saying, "come on in monkey," (our term of endearment for her), and MIL whipped around shouting "DON'T you ever called me monkey! That's SO disrespectful!" (*sigh*)
@McpeakRichie I hope you can feel all the love we have for you, Richie. Your tenacious, never-stop spirit has pushed the rest of us fighting this disease foward & showed us how to continue with hope and grace. ❤️ Sending you my best, my friend. #HeroRichieMcPeak
See this guy right here?
His name is Kahlief. At some point in time on Friday night, while working at the front desk at the Hampton Inn, Kahlief looked up to find a random kid standing in front of him asking if he’d like to see a card trick.
Let me tell you all the stuff Kahlief didn’t know.
He didn’t know that this little boy has autism.
That learning and doing card tricks is a passion of his because it helps to quiet and focus his brain as well as keep his hands busy.
He didn’t know that this little boy lost his dad a few years ago, has been on the waiting list for a ‘big brother’ for well over two years now, and lives with only his mom and sister, so very much misses interacting with male figures.
Kahlief didn’t know any of that, and was still kind enough to say ‘yes’.
He very easily could have told Colin he was busy, or to come back later, or any number of things, but he didn’t.
He allowed Colin to hang out at the desk with him for what felt like forever, watching Colin do card tricks and then showing Colin some tricks that he knew as well.
He paused when he needed to, when the phone rang or a customer came in, (in the pic he is on the phone, the person he was speaking to had him on hold), but he never once made Colin feel like he was a nuisance or a burden.
In fact, when we saw that he had returned for another shift the following day, he made it a point to let Colin know he was geared up and ready to go with more card tricks.
So this kind man took time out of his day again on Saturday, still not realizing what a huge impact he was having on Colin, because he was still completely unaware of all the things about Colin he did not know.
I love and live for feel good moments like this. It is so easy to be kind, yet seems to be such a rare occurrence these days.
Credit: Megan Griffin Haas