We just celebrated my mom's 80th birthday. In lieu of gifts, she
requested that each of us do a Random Act of Kindness in her honor and
then send her a card telling her what we did. We sent out letters to all
her friends, and she got more than 200 cards back with all sorts of
wonderful RAKs! It was a very happy birthday for her.
I decided
for my RAK that I would make some inspirational bookmarks and leave them
in library books for people to find. I took a piece of thin cardboard,
and using paints, stamps, tissue paper, glaze, and pages from old books,
created one big sheet, which was then cut down to bookmark size. The
inspiration came from my ever-growing collection of fortune cookies. I
placed the bookmarks in books where I felt the inspiration fit. For
example, the bookmark that said, "When one door closes, another one will
open" went into a book for women defining their dreams at the prime of
their life. "You are loved" went into a book for Caregivers, and "This
is your day to call the shots" was placed in a book about dealing with
bullies. I included a note on the back of each bookmark telling why I
made the bookmarks, and encouraged the recipient to go do a RAK of their
own. Hopefully, Mom's idea will continue to generate kindness for quite
some time.
Some of the bookmarks:
This one, which says, "You will bring sunshine into someone's life", I included in with the birthday card I sent to Mom. I think she deserved it.