This week's kindness project was inspired by my daughter's softball coach. At the end of the season, during their pizza party, her coach gave each softball player a certificate for hard work and...
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“Yes. That was me with The. flowers…”
This week's kindness project was a bit organic as is typical of many of our projects. The girls and I were baking some banana bread at home and decided to make an extra loaf to share with our...
Some Earth Day Fun
Mindful Littles was very excited to join Orinda Action Day on Earth Day, where we hosted a station that was all about "Arts/Crafts from Recyclables." Kids could create any art, craft or...
Friends like Nini
Almost 10 years ago I met an incredible woman named Nini, who has cerebral palsy. I had signed up to volunteer with a program called Best Buddies, where you get paired up to be a buddy to an...
Personalized Kindness Cootie Catcher for a Special Friend
One of my favorite things to do as a kid was to play with Cootie Catchers- or Paper Fortune Tellers. The element of surprise with each turn, not knowing what will be unveiled as your fortune,...
Hope and Courage for more Dannys
So often many of us, myself included, go through each day taking for granted some of the most simple pleasures in life. I almost never stop to think about the fact that I get to have...
Noticing the small stuff
Kindness is something that happens more often than we realize or notice. It's just that most of the time when it happens, they are small acts- simple and spontaneous gestures. While these...
Empowering our littles to be kind to themselves
This week I had the privilege of seeing Orly Wahba speak at a Kindness Assembly at a local elementary school, and then again during her evening "Kindness Boomerang" book signing event for...
Family Donation Box
This may have been one of those Kindness Projects that my family will remember and use for quite some time. I recently attended the parent-ed conference hosted by...
Nothing like a stomach bug to teach you about kindness
Last week our family got hit with the stomach bug, and we all went down like dominoes- first me, then my husband, then our older daughter and even my poor mother who was in town visiting....