Table of Contents
1 Miracles of Kindness
1 Fire! Holly Green 1
2 The Opportunity to Help Someone Kayleen Kitty Holder 5
3 Santa Drives a Truck Crystal Schwanke 9
4 One Soggy Night Miryam Howard-Meier 12
5 You Have No Idea Michael T. Powers 16
6 My Alpine Angel Linda Hemby 19
7 Renewed Hope Alina Ottembrajt 22
8 Advent Angel Mary T. Post 25
9 Mr. Overstreet Ric Keller 29
10 Think Positive Betty Farkas-Hart 31
2 Role Models of Kindness
11 Three Months of Thursdays Joy Feldman 34
12 The Unexpected Visitor Carol Goodman Heizer 37
13 A Grandpa to More Than 200 Kids Every Year Kayleen Kitty Holder 40
14 For the Love of Pete Stephanie Daich 44
15 Everyone Loves Donuts Glenda Wood 47
16 The Cup of Coffee Kelly Okoniewski 49
17 The Kind Clerk Anne Russ 51
18 The Grocery Store Trip Nicole Ann Rook McAlister 53
19 Kindness Is Often Quiet Charlotte Lewis 56
3 The Kindness of Strangers
20 A New Orleans Welcome Brenda Cathcart-Kloke 60
21 Friday Night Magic Mary Eisenhauer 63
22 Woe Is Me David Hull 66
23 Held Your Whole Life Caitlin Q. Bailey O'Neill 68
24 Surprise Hospitality Rob Harshman 71
25 The Marriage Proposal Ric Keller 75
26 Hundred-Dollar Bill Elizabeth Chenault 79
27 The Long Flight Home Angela Dawson 81
28 Trapped Molly O'Connor 84
4 The Right Words
29 Just a Few Words Susan Traugh 90
30 Rocking COVID Laurie Higgins 93
31 In Her Shoes Rose Demarest 97
32 Princess for a Day, Heather Spiva 101
33 Sundays at 7 Jennifer Kennedy 104
34 Chocolate Cake Janet L. Amorello 108
35 I've Been There Marya Morin 110
5 Friends & Neighbors
36 Unknown Gifts Eve Morton 115
37 Closed Doors, Open Hearts Sophie Bolich 118
38 Grumpy Old Mr. Roberts Sheree Negus 120
39 Porch Fairies Dorann Weber 123
40 A Helping Hand Melissa Edmondson 126
41 Clever Kindness Caroline S. McKinney 129
42 My Christmas Story Don Lambert 131
43 Grace for the Moment Elizabeth A. Dreier 134
44 Neighbor Helping Neighbor Elizabeth Blosfield 137
45 Christmas Friends Kelly Kittel 140
6 One Good Turn Deserves Another
46 Cash, Credit and Kindness Kim Johnson McGuire 144
47 An Artist in Nepal Evan Purcell 147
48 The Submarine Sandwich Danielle Stauber 149
49 What Goes Around, Comes Around Monica Agnew-Kinnaman 151
50 The Right Thing Linda Holland Rathkopf 155
51 The Traveling Ice Scraper Monica A. Andermann 158
52 A Little Extra Mary Jo Wyse 160
53 Three Cheery Lemons Dorann Weber 164
54 A Simple Sign Kiesa Kay 167
55 A Gift from the Heart Linda J. Cooper 169
7 Compassion & Understanding
56 Sympathy Flowers Casey McMullin 173
57 A Shared Struggle Amy Mewborn 176
58 First Came the Apology Voula Plagakis 179
59 The Gift of Hope Dana Hinders 182
60 He Will Be Okay Tina Szymczak 184
61 A Change in Perspective Tammy Thornton 186
62 A Special Blend Diane DeMasi Johnson 190
63 Compassion from a Stranger Kori Sciandra 192
64 Sharing Lunch and a Lifetime Shirley Nordeck Short 194
65 A Healer in Every Respect Darcy Daniels 197
8 Ever Grateful
66 Christmas Kindness Sherry Furnish 200
67 Two Acts of Kindness TG Gilliam 203
68 Mr. Petrucci's Handkerchiefs Geri Moran 206
69 The Purple Coat Allison Lynn 208
70 Respect Lynn Gilliland 212
71 The Gift of Life Paula W. Millet 214
72 The Letter January Joyce 217
73 Easing Trauma with Kindness Toni Hoy 220
74 Hello, Human Kindness Chris Maday Schmidt 223
75 Jedi Training Steve Filipiak 227
76 Wait for It May Jampathom 231
9 Worth the Effort
77 Dennis Barbara Espinosa Occhino 235
78 Money Well Spent Theresa Brandt 238
79 Kindness Never Goes Out of Style Lesa Shirley-Sheffield 242
80 A Lost Ring Finds Kindness Jenny Cohen 245
81 It Gets Better Michelle Padula 248
82 Two Quarters Charmin Gans 251
83 Change of Heart Georgia Hendrix Shockley 253
84 Tag, You're It Christine M. Smith 257
85 A Debt Finally Paid Woody Woodburn 259
10 Small Things, Big Impact
86 The Bambi Incident Kathleen E. Jones 263
87 A Can-Do Attitude Joyce Ashley 266
88 A Humble Thank You Candace Carteen 268
89 Mystery Man Beth Rice 270
90 A Knock at the Door Melanie R. McBride 274
91 A Very Happy Birthday Emily Marszalek 277
92 From a Child Robert Willett 280
93 Lesson for a Lifetime Karen Sargent 282
11 The Joy of Doing for Others
94 It's Not Hard to Be Kind Donna Faulkner Schulte 287
95 A Bunch of Bananas Emily Marszalek 289
96 Better than Goat Yoga Diane DeCaprio 292
97 Entertaining Strangers Judee Stapp 295
98 Those Forgotten Wallets Emma Cohan 299
99 A Generous Tip Jill Burns 302
100 The Courage to Say Yes Amanda Hayhurst 305
101 Thank You, Ma'am Krystalya Marie' 308
Meet Our Contributors 310
Meet Amy Newmark 323
