03/11/2026
kindness.
This week’s card: “Grocery Surprise”
We are a couple weeks late on rolling this one out because I had been doing my grocery shopping online, but I finally made it to the store today.
Our challenge this week was to purchase items out of someone’s grocery cart behind us. We felt that was a little intrusive, and so instead we decided to purchase a gift card and give to the cashier to use for the next person behind us.
We didn’t stay to watch. No “Thank you” was needed. Curiosity always sneaks in and at family dinner we talked about possible scenarios. Maybe this was a kindness to the person buying the groceries but maybe this was kindness to the cashier to be able to be a part of giving. Did she choose someone? Was it the next person who came to her line? Did they use it all on a big purchase or was it a small purchase and the cashier gave multiple times? I won’t know the answer but it felt good knowing any of those scenarios were possible!
Practice kindness every day.
Comment if you have been the recipient of an unexpected surprise.