[Mothernature]

My Karma story? I am always giving and donating. There are a few that stick out in my mind.

1) There were two families in my hometown struggling. The one was helped through an acquaintance. I gave the family 3 truck full loads. I even ran around and collected free items from Craigslist. The other is such a sad story. The mother was ill and the father was very abusive. A friend told me about the family and I wanted to help. I stopped by while the two children were outside playing. They were rail thin. I swung out a pack of candy (DH worked for a candy distributor at the time) and the kids were so grateful, they cried. I met the mother who is a stick and clearly mentally ill. I told the kids that I grew up in an abusive home and to hang in there. It broke my heart growing up in such a home but at least, I made a difference that day for those kids. i never had anyone make it better for me. I did call DCFS and filed a complaint.

2) The homeless woman on the hot day/ blind guy in the subway station. This happened a year ago. It was 105 that day. We stayed in a hotel. I ran into my university's bookstore, purchased 3 cold bottles of water, and gave it to the homeless woman. When we went into the subway, a blind guy was lost. He came up to me and asked for help. I asked him to stay still with my husband and son watching while I found an employee. I explained to the employee the gentleman was blind and needed help. I quite frequently help tourists visiting on-campus or in the general area.

3) My Mother and Father in law. We furnished their apartment (including new tv's and Dyson), I hung blinds on their living room and patio sliding door window, I repaired their walls, hung difficult towel racks, repaired their computer upon call. I even purchased for free and built a very large computer desk. We took them to CVS to spend $300 in ECBs, took them out to expensive dinners (we sat at the chef's table a few time), and even an evening out to a play, dinner, and a room. What angers me about all of this is they did take us for granted. We will see what happens now that we live 1000 miles away. We have 2 gift baskets of HBA and 1 towel cake ready to take when we visit in late December.




4) Members here. I have sent ROAKs and boxes of merchandise by surprise. I realize how lucky we are compared to many here. Jut look at my feedback.