Random Acts Of Kindness

This will blow you all away....it did me!
Last night we went to the boys kindy Christmas party. Toward the end of the night we were approached by a lady who has 3 girls going to the centre who had a gift for us, and something for each of the boys.
I was sitting there listening to her talk thinking to myself how UNthoughtful I am, I would never think of getting something for the other families or the kiddies. Yet this lady, Jilly, had not only thought f it but done something about it. She suggested I leave the gift she had given me to open a bit later and she would leave the gifts for the boys at kindy for them to pick up. I now know why she didn't want me to open the gift then and there.
After proceedings came to a close we all climbed into the car and I thought I might open the gift. I untied the ribbon and looked inside the small bag and couldn't figure out what I was looking at so I pulled out the first one....To the Mulcahy family from Siobhan, Dave etc. $25- a coles/myer gift voucher??? I pulled out another. To the Mulcahy family from Jilly, Christian etc. $100- another voucher. There were about 10 vouchers in there of varying amounts and thankfully a letter of explanation. Needless to say, I was a blubbering mess by this point and couldn't read anymore anyway!
It seems that this lady, Jilly, had heard of our recent poor luck and was upset by it. She recently had her 40th birthday and when asked what she wanted from family and friends she told them our story and asked they donate money to us rather than buy her a present and that's exactly what the vouchers were. Are you amazed?!?!?!
Jilly doesn't know me from a bar of soap, yet she took the occassion of a significant birthday for herself and turned it into a fundraising event for someone she knows little about. Thank you so much Jilly, I can't believe people like you exist and I want you to know that your thoughtfulness and generosity does make the world a little brighter for us so you have achieved your goal! What a beautiful person and like so many people like that didn't want a fuss made of what she had done....so this is my little bit of fuss for you. People like you restore our faith in humanity and the goodness inside everyone. When there is so much awful stuff going on in the world, on the news and in the newspapers, it's great to be reminded of the beauty of people. Do something nice for a stranger, it's good for everyone.
Well, that's it for now. A quick update on my health....it's turned into a chest infection now so I am on antibiotics and off the chemo drug until I pick up a bit.
Until next time....

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER GIVE UP!