A quick one tonight. I have quite a backlog going on now, so I’ll slowly work my way through them. If you’ve sent me an email, I do respond so you know I’ve got it and then file it in my “Kindness File” and will use it eventually. I just didn’t want anyone to think I’ve ignored their submissions.
And just a reminder if you send me something, please try to find a source that is not subscription based – it difficult to share those.
I may have shared this one early on, but I didn’t see it in the earlier posts, so we’ll start tonight off it with it:
Guy’s security camera catches kid tearing it up on his driveway almost every day, so he decides to do something about it. pic.twitter.com/ZDVb7zLgZo
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) August 27, 2020
As the baseball season wraps up, I have quite a few wonderful moments to share, somehow the languid pace of the sport lends itself to lots of sweet moments. I want to do a full post of them. But I’ll share this one that both ghost cat AND Steeplejack sent me:
A wholesome story about a baseball finding its way home pic.twitter.com/JcSsncqx1K
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) May 17, 2022
And this young girl has a heart beyond her years:
This little angel learned sign language, so that she could talk to the Deaf delivery man
They tell each other to have a good day, and then the delivery man applauds the little girl for signing 🥰
Kindness and inclusiveness matter
❤️🤟❤️ pic.twitter.com/wU6EbD3oX9— Jess 💫 (@its_jessi_grace) September 21, 2022
Adam sent me this one, it made me super happy at the end of a very long, frustrating day:
I’m really happy this tweet is doing well because when I get an alert it pops up on my Apple Watch like this pic.twitter.com/1RCpyZQ5Uq
— Maladroithe (@Maladroithe) May 31, 2022
I’m pretty sure this is how The Partridge Family started. From OzarkHillbilly:
FAMILY BAND:Ryan taught his mom Andrea how to play the drums so they could form a band during quarantine. Dad joined a few months later learning the bass & now they form the band 'Mommas Boy' out of New Zealand. Parents had 0 musical experience before this pic.twitter.com/D8IFNY0ZdP
— GoodNewsCorrespondent (@GoodNewsCorres1) August 13, 2022
And finally, in honor of a friend who is going through chemo right now, this mom being, well, a mom:
“Life does not come with an user guide, it comes with a mother."
— Tansu YEĞEN (@TansuYegen) May 5, 2022
I think that’s plenty for tonight. Just an FYI, today is Trixie’s birthday, she’s a year old. I’m going to pull out her panda, it’s stuffed in the closet, and see if I can’t get her to sit still for a photo. If I can, you’ll see it below. If not…well, I’ll update you when you can see her in all her gangliness. She is a true velcro-Dane and would spend her entire day plastered to me, Scout or Jasper if we didn’t all protest at the lack of oxygen.
Success!
Be kind. Especially to yourself.
TaMara
That panda sure has shrunk over the year
schrodingers_cat
One of the best accounts to follow on Twitter is George, the Stourbridge Junction cat. He always has great advice about being kind to yourself
Trixie is adorable, in all sizes.
Rob
Trixie is adorable. And the mother shaving her own hair as she shaves her daughter’s hair is wonderful.
WaterGirl
Looks like Trixie might be giving Henry a bit of competition in the tongue competition! Still size for size, I think Henry might still win. :-)
Jim Appleton
Thank you, T.
I’d seen the driveway video, it still made me weep.
I love that life is the opportunity to do stuff like that, wish that a lot of us weren’t incapable.
Lyrebird
Who put all the chopped onions around my desk???
David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch
schrodingers_cat
I have posted my coloring pages on Twitter after a long time
terraformer
I’m not crying, *you’re* crying
zhena gogolia
Trixie is a doll. I love that bespectacled cat
terraformer
It’s stuff like this that gives me hope sometimes, however trite that sounds
I keep seeing “kindness matters” and at first kind of laughed at it, but *damn* given all the horrible things that horrible people have been doing the past few years in particular, makes this stuff even *more* valuable, methinks
FelonyGovt
Trixie is darling!
I love heartwarming baseball stories almost as much as I love baseball!
Thank you for these, TaMara. With so much suckage out there it’s so nice to see good news and happy things.
NutmegAgain
I love the happy-feelings videos. I especially like seeing Trixie–what a star.
And some (dog) news around here: I am most likely going to foster a ~5 yo male Newfoundland who was just pulled from a puppy mill situation. And I learned about a Lab rescue the next town over, and spotted a senior lady that I would really like to add to my household. Of course, I can’t add them both at once, and my first commitment was to foster the boy. So I have to be patient. not easy!
I have fostered a female out of a puppy mill situation–talk about heart rending, OMGawd. But not a male. If anybody around has fostered or adopted a grown male from a puppy mill I would love to hear about it.
Meanwhile I’ll get a chance to try out my new *aluminum* pooper scoop. You know you’ve fallen way down the dog-well when a shiny new scooper makes you all happy~
rikyrah
@schrodingers_cat:
They look so pretty🤗
rikyrah
Happy Birthday, Trixie🌞💖🐢💐🍧🍦🎂
Balconesfault
At first I wondered if this video was going to be about some jerk putting up traps or blockades for the kid. My heart was joyous when I could see what he actually did!
TaMara
@NutmegAgain: A Newfy!!! How wonderful.
I rescued a racing greyhound, who was then used for breeding (because he was a winner). Spent most of his first 4 years in a crate, never in a house.
We had to teach him how to live in a house – the first time he saw a mirror! Hilarity! He didn’t understand that not any empty space was where he could pee. He figured, not where he slept, he could pee.
It took him all of about a week to adapt to being in a house, and like all greyhounds became a couch potato. Once we showed him where to potty and that he could wander all over the house and the yard, he just took right to it.
Also – find out if you can, when he was neutered. It takes males anywhere from a month to three months to lose the urge to do all those boy things and calm the F down.
I swear Bixby was still 90% testosterone for 90 days post-surgery. That boy!
TaMara
@schrodingers_cat: That deserves an embed
WaterGirl
@TaMara: Bixby 💕
Dorothy A. Winsor
@schrodingers_cat: That is amazing. Is it like a coloring book? Are the colors marked or do you make it up?
schrodingers_cat
@Dorothy A. Winsor: I make it up. Johanna Basford books started the coloring book craze. I used different media this time, Crayola’s washable markers made for children
prostratedragon
Trixie!!
@schrodingers_cat: Fantabulous!
NutmegAgain
If you are interested in Newfoundland dogs (and pizza) and you live in New England, this coming Sunday there is a rescue open house/auction/pizza party. There’s info at the link to the shelter. If you’ve never hung around with 20-30 Newfoundlands or more, your life is not complete.
MomSense
Is it dust? Allergies?
schrodingers_cat
@rikyrah: Thanks.
schrodingers_cat
@TaMara: Thanks for embedding.
WaterGirl
@Balconesfault: Do we really need to point out the title of the post, Acts of Kindness? Just like Monty Python, Assholes Being Assholes is down the hall. :-)
schrodingers_cat
@prostratedragon: I am glad you liked it.
eachother
Smiles here. Thanks.