Tiny Kindness

Sharing tiny stories of tiny, significant kindnesses.
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[Tiny Kindness @TinyKindness]

👋 My name is @rachelelizahunt. I started this collective storytelling project, sharing small stories of small, significant kindnesses on the 1 year anniversary of my brother's burial from an overdose. It was a conscious way to look for goodness. Hope scrollers are welcome here.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Minnesota National Guard was asked why they’re handing out coffee, donuts, and hot chocolate to protesters.

Answer: “It’s a demonstration of safety and security. We’re here to help.”

That’s how you de-escalate.
Not masks. Not threats. Not bullets.

[Solyricon @Solyricon]

God forbid a girl be both kind and full of rage.

[kat 🌲🕯️ @capstellium]

doing a repetitive hand craft while listening to an audiobook (getting told a story) over the sound of a crackling fire activates my bronze age brain. I enter a flow state

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Of late I’ve developed the habit of pretending I’m a medieval peasant attempting to survive winter & it’s made my life a million times more joyful. I take walks in the hills & woods, fall asleep to audiobooks, I’m grateful not to die of plague. We were made for a simpler life.

[Janel Comeau 🍁 @VeryBadLlama]

if you are dazzled by the concept of someone figuring out how to put out water and coffee for a crowd, that is not a sign that your opposition is professionally bankrolled, it is a sign that you have never considered others' needs or been part of a community in your life

[Katie Strissel @scrunch0513]

@byspencerthomas Our principal rode a donkey from one town to another, like 4 miles, because our school accomplished our reading goal.

[Spencer Thomas @byspencerthomas]

when i was in third grade, our principal promised to kiss a pig if we met the summer reading goal. we absolutely did, and by that fall they brought a massive pig into the gym, told us his name was winston, and the principal got on her knees and kissed his snout. then we all waited in line to pet him. starting to think this might be an original experience.

[Celia @CeliaBedelia]

When I was in 2nd grade, our principal, Mr. Davis, said he would spend a day on the roof of the school if we reached our reading goal.

We did, & I can still remember him sitting on the roof, waving to us. At lunch, we all ate sandwiches together (he was still on the roof).😆

[Icona @iconawrites]

Forever glad I studied Spanish, French and English as a child in Italy. Being able to communicate with people from other parts of the world opens your mind like few other things. If you want to study a foreign language, I promise you the effort is 100% worth it.

[Tiny Kindness @TinyKindness]

"A woman came and asked how she could help. I had no way to articulate anything, ...She took a paper towel, wet it in the sink, and wiped blood off of my face. She touched my shoulder and left. It still makes me cry.” –Madeline P., Centerville, UT

[Tiny Kindness @TinyKindness]

“When my daughter was 4, she fell and split open the back of her head while we were checking out at the store. I rushed her to the bathroom with my hand full of bloody hair clasped on the back of her head. I was very frazzled, trying to figure out how bad the cut was. ..."

[Tiny Kindness @TinyKindness]

"I burst into tears when they walked in the room. They turned right back around and flew home that night. They were coming to Utah for Thanksgiving in two weeks, but she did all that for me just to give me a hug on the worst day of my life.” –Marisa M., Ogden, UT

[Tiny Kindness @TinyKindness]

From the archive: "I lost my mom after a short battle with cancer and her funeral was just two weeks before Thanksgiving. One of my very dearest friends used all her sky miles to fly her and her husband from Atlanta to Utah to be at my mom’s viewing for just 20 minutes..."

[Tiny Kindness @TinyKindness]

"She knew I was struggling and over the next few weeks she sent me texts every single day with uplifting, inspirational, and humorous thoughts. Her messages helped get me through the hardest weeks of my life and I will be forever grateful.” –Jessica K., Topeka, KS

[Tiny Kindness @TinyKindness]

From the archive: "A few months ago my husband suddenly and unexpectedly told me he wanted a divorce and moved out, leaving me and our four young children. I was shocked and heartbroken. He told some friends of ours, and the wife immediately reached out to me..."

[Tiny Kindness @TinyKindness]

"I counted the coins and realized that, at just over $5, she’d given me every last penny she had to her name.” –Maddison D., Augusta, GA

[Tiny Kindness @TinyKindness]

"When I was preparing to leave for college I was understandably stressed about money. One night, right before I left, I found a ziplock bag of coins on my bed with a note from my 9-yr-old sister that said 'now you can buy food.' ..."

[Tiny Kindness @TinyKindness]

"...especially right before a break when the fatigue is real. After she left, I opened my fridge and discovered three Panera soups and French bread she had gotten me for lunch the last three days of school.” –Synneve L., San Antonio, TX

[Tiny Kindness @TinyKindness]

"My mom came to watch my daughter for two days this week when our babysitter was out of town (kindness #1!). This was the last week before our winter break began, and I remarked to my mom how I get sick of packing lunch to go to work, ..."

[labor nurse barbie 🌸 @aliahdomino]

My 16 month old has decided that ducks are her favorite animal except she doesn’t call them ducks she calls them “quack quacks” and I think that is the cutest thing in the entire word