Kindness for Kate....

This week marks a very difficult one-year anniversary in our neighborhood.  Our dear friends lost their little girl on December 17th of last year.  She would have been three years old last Christmas.  Little "Katerbug", as she was known by all, had a very special spark about her and she is terribly missed by her family and friends.  I cannot begin to understand the unfathomable loss of a child.  I do not have the right words of comfort, or hope.  My prayer continues to be that Kate's family and friends somehow know and feel God's presence and peace. 

I have been blessed to witness many acts of kindness during the last year and am in awe of the ways in which God has used others, in my mind, that Katerbug's spirit and memory live on.  Most recently a group of family friends have gotten together to create "Kindess for Kate Day."  They are encouraging families to engage together in a random act of kindness in Kate's honor, on December 16th.  As it reads in Matthew 20:28...For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others.  What a wonderful way to share in this Christmas Season, as well as celebrate a little girl whose life and death have impacted so many of us.

What random act of kindness can you and your family participate in this week?  Get your children involved in the planning.  Let everyone participate.  Afterwards discuss your experiences with one another, and perhaps...lift up a prayer of Thanksgiving, thanking Him for our children and the blessings that we provide to one another.

Please feel free to share here your ideas, as well as your experiences in Kindness for Kate Day.

In Him...