Kindness We See

"A book is a gift you can open again and again."
― Garrison Keillor

I frequently write about the long-lasting impact of kindness -- it continues to amaze me how the memories stay with us and make us smile and warm our hearts over and over again.  Earlier today, I was thinking about a kindness that I can still see. 

Years ago, when my first child arrived, a former colleague of mine gave me a small pink scrapbook.  The wonderful thing about this scrapbook was that all the pages were beautifully decorated by my friend, so all I had to do was to drop in the photographs and presto, I had an album!  The album has baby photos of my first daughter through her 18-month "birthday," which was a week before my second daughter was born.  I remember being determined to finish the album before I went to the hospital.  Completing the album before giving birth gave me a feeling of accomplishment (at a time when everything felt overwhelming).  The more important thing is that all these years later, we take great delight in looking through the album.  My oldest, in particular, loves looking at what she knows as her "baby book."  There are no words to thank my former colleague for this very special gift -- this kindness that we continue to see and enjoy.