I am flying home today. And yet, I’m at home.
I’m blessed with two homes. The one I have with my husband and our crazy, wonderful life in Nashville. The other in Texas where I grew up and where my family is. Like I wrote in a note to my brother tonight, “I have the best of both worlds. I am happy to be going, but I am sad to be leaving.”
How wonderful a feeling, to know you have two places that you are loved and that you call “home.” I am truly blessed and so very thankful.
Today, as I fly home to Nashville, I wanted to pass along a challenge for today to be a day for Random Acts of Kindness.
See, my sister-in-law’s second cousin was killed in a car accident last month.
She was only 16.
Today would have been her 17th birthday.
I didn’t know Lauren personally, but I know she meant a the world to her family and friends. I’ve read and heard many stories in the last few weeks about the good she did in her short life — kindness that many of us dream to aspire to do, and yet somehow often will fall short.
Her loved ones decided a way to honor her memory would be to make what would have been her birthday be a day to commit “random acts of kindness” in Lauren’s memory.
[Article from KBTX – Bryan/College Station about the movement.]
This world is so filled with an “all about me” mentality. I think a day to focus on someone else would be refreshing. And to have to be in memory of a life cut short? Well, that’s an added bonus.
I will be flying from Austin, TX to Nashville, TN today. And I fully intend that somewhere in between — or perhaps a few times in between — to participate in this day of good deeds…
Won’t you join us?
