The power of our simple gesture came afterwards, when one of my neighbors sent us a thoughtful thank you email. She thanked my daughter for the delicious bread, asking if she made it. She also asked if she had drawn herself in the picture we included. I had my daughter read the email, which made her smile. She immediately wrote back:
“Yes. That was me with The. Flowers And. The banana. bread was so good. You. Are. So sweet.”
They exchanged one more sweet email, which was a wonderful way for my daughter to recognize the positive outcome of her kind act. When I asked her how she felt about our activity, she said she felt happy that our neighbor felt less sad and mentioned again how sweet our neighbor is.
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