Get RAKD!!!!!!!!!

For those of you out there who have not heard of this wonderful foundation called the Random Acts of Kindness, I'm going to take a brief minute and tell you a bit about it. The Random Acts of Kindness foundation was started in 1995 for people that are committed to spreading kindness. It is a non profit organization, they are not affiliated with any church group or organization, and they do not accept money or donations. Their website at http://www.actsofkindness.org/ is a huge recourse for anyone interested in learning more about how they can spread kindness wherever they go.

The first time I heard of this was when Brian Eager passed away. Brian Eager was only 18 years old at the time he died of cancer. Brian was the little brother to one of my good friends Nicole Eager. We went to school together and his father Bob Eager was one of my teachers growing up. This death hit home for so many because of how old Brian was and the fact that he was such a happy , good, well rounded kid. Brian and I were both going through chemotherapy and radiation at the same time. I remember my dad passing away Dec. 13Th and Brian's death was shortly after. I had so many funerals to attend that January it was unacceptable. All of them due to cancer.

Brian's sisters started passing around the Random Acts of Kindness ideas after his passing and encouraging others to jump on board. At the time I was so sick and not able to really concentrate on anything other than my health and taking care of my little baby. Ever since I have been itching to get this thing going MY WAY!

I want to say thank you to Nicole and Monica Eager (Brian's sisters) for introducing me to this idea that is about to change so many peoples lives.

I journal every night before I fall asleep and I have kept a record of very meaningful acts of kindness that I would like to spread around Grays Harbor in hopes of getting more people to catch on to this idea. For my first victim :) hahahah I need an assistant to be with me. My idea is that I will take a photo with or in front of every place I'm spreading kindness, kind of like a log of the places I have been and memories to share with my kids one day. I have been practicing RAKD for a long time now but just not in the way that I'm going to now. I will be posting all my RAKD moments for you to see and hopefully inspire you to do the same.

The website I posted earlier has all kinds of great ideas to get started and I encourage you to at least take a look at what some people are doing. There is a place to create your own RAKD website but I'm not sure if it is free. If it is than I'm jumping on the RAKD band wagon.

First recorded Random Acts of Kindness will require:

A pen
A photographer
A blank thank you card
and.......
Some of my beautiful penmanship :)

I hope you come back to see exactly what I came up with for the first RAK!

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truely endless!" Mother Teresa