Kindness and Goodies

"The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most."

~ John Ruskin

As he was preparing his Valentine’s Day treats for his classmates, an elementary school boy I know told his mother that he was worried because one of the girls in his class was allergic to something.  But the little boy did not know to what his friend was allergic and he wanted to make sure that he gave her a treat that she could eat.  His mother texted the girl’s mother and found out that she has a gluten allergy, so they found candy that was gluten-free.  The boy then told his mother that one of the other boys in the class was allergic to nuts and some of the candy he was taking was processed at a place with nuts.  The mother texted the other boy’s mother and checked to make sure that the candy that her son was taking would be okay for the other boy.  Thankfully, it was.  Although assembling her son’s Valentine’s goodies required a few extra steps this year, the mother was pleasantly surprised by her son’s thoughtfulness.