RAKs | pad patter 1.8.19

That was certainly a few RAK's Kayla. This isn't random, but I volunteered to leave the house at 5 AM to go to take my youngest daughter (yes, the other daughter) for a medical procedure. Her procedure is at 7 AM and of course, they want her there super early. If any of you really knew me, you'd know that I'm just sleeping well about 4 AM. My sister said "You're doing WHAT"??? She really doesn't have anybody else to take her and they won't do anything unless people have a driver there. PS - I'll be a zombie and the next couple of days.

 

the last rak that was given to me was $60 by a friend/professional contact to get me my vitamins I needed for 3 months. I was planning on saving for two to three weeks then get them but they said here we will give you the money anonymously and just pay it forward to someone when you can.

 

Thanks so much, Kayla! I don't like to get up before 10 AM. This is a huge thing for me to get up this early. At least, I'll see the sunrise. That's not something that happens very often for me.

 

yes, it was part of the deal. I know who i’m going to pay it forward to and for what, it’s just a matter of having the money spare (a grocery store delivery pass for 3 months for my best friend to have over winter - she’s visually impaired and it would save her having to rely on taxis to help her)

 

Yet another reason we are alike . . . hmmmm . . . twins separated at birth? bwahahahahaha

 

Sisters from another mother?????

 

Actually, I have had several RAKs over the past couple of months. Two of them were patrons paying for my order at a fast food restaurant . . . one of them because I was turning into the restaurant to order, and the other person was whipping their car around, obviously in more of a hurry than me, so I waved them ahead of me. They ended up paying for an order that was pretty big. The other one was simply random. The person ahead just paid for my order. Both times, I passed it along and paid for the people behind me.

I've let people get ahead of me in checkout lines if they only have a couple of items and I have a buggy full and the 10 items or less lanes are jammed with people with way more than 10 items. LOL I've been blessed enough to have people return the favor.

Last Friday, I went to an estate sale with my mom and sister. While my spinal cord stimulator has allowed me much more freedom, I still have to stop and rest. I stopped in an area that was quiet with some bigger pieces of furniture and an older lady stopped as well. We started talking and had a nice conversation. I think she was quite lonely and needed someone to listen. So I suppose that I was my random kindness for last week, but I was more blessed than she was! What a kind soul.

 

A few weeks ago I finally shared my lunch with one of those guys holding a cardboard sign on the concrete median of the highway between the mall and the shopping center, something I've often wanted to do.

 

I always let people in front of me in check out lines that have way less than I do, and I am super nice in traffic and let people out all the time!

My 13 year old, for all the headaches he gives me, is super sweet to others. He always holds the door for the other teachers at the school as we are leaving and will stand there until everyone even remotely close is out the door. He has done this since he was a little fellow. One of them commented today that he has better manners than most adults in the building.

 

We like to anonymously buy a meal for an older couple or young family once a month. We leave before they know we did it, but it is such a good feeling.

 

Twice in the weeks before Christmas I had the person in front of me at the Starbucks drive-thru pay for my order. Of course, I had pass it on!

 

Last week in the Wal-Mart parking lot, a gentleman saw I was ready to take my cart to the cart garage. He walked over and took it for me. I usually park close to it but that day I was a bit farther away. A few trips before that someone that was walking in to the store took my cart from me as I was taking it to the cart garage.

The day after the gentleman took my cart from me, my cousin and I made a trip to Sam's Club. We had 1 cart for the both of us and she was pushing it to her car. We passed a gentleman that had just finished putting everything in his car and was ready to take his cart to the cart garage which happened to be close to where we were parked. So I offered to take it for him to save him the walk. He seemed to be older than me and was very appreciative to not having to make that walk (about 8 to 10 parking spots).

We talked about it as we were leaving and my cousin said had it been the opposite situation (me pushing the cart), she would have done the same thing.

 

This is one of our "retirement goals"! To pay for young families meals.

We have had our meals paid more times than I can count. I would say that 80% of the time we go out as a family our meal gets paid for (that's 9 people!)...mostly anonymously. It's such a blessing to our family.

 

Oh my, just had a RAK that blew my mind!! Got out of church to find a flat tire. Three men tried to get the tire off to change and the tire wouldn't budge. Left it there overnight and had it towed to one of the men's garage that he highly recommended. The guy at the garage slipped the tire right off, no problem, but what they DID find was that my steering wheel ball joint was hanging on by a thread!!! Had I driven home Sunday night, I could have lost all control of my car. Makes you wonder why they couldn't get that wheel off Sunday night???? Anyway the RAK came when I went to pickup my repaired car and found out the fellow who recommended the garage had paid the whole bill !!! To the tune of almost $600!! The whole group that I church with know that I struggle on Social Security. When I called to thank him and tell him I will set up payments to pay him back, he said to call him in 5 years and then we will talk about it. I have heard stories about all the people this fellow has helped in the past.

 

What a heart warming story Nancy. Really gives faith in humanity. That’s a wonderful story.


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Oh these stories are warming my heart! Nancy - wow! That is impressive! I do try to help less fortunate families at the grocery store (with food stamps or whatever) by offering to pay the balance of their bill when they don't have enough to cover what they want to buy. It's a little bit of do good for someone else and a little bit of "I want to get out of this store soon!"

Just a very little thing but on my commute home Thursday night .. at the bridge toll booth ... the EZ Pass lane next to me had a truck stuck that couldn't get through and I let the two people behind the truck into my lane so they weren't stuck sitting there. It was a downpour of rain and one of the cars put his/her window down in that rain to give me a wave - I couldn't help thinking the poor person must have gotten soaked saying thanks that way!

 

That's definitely a RAK, Jenn. Hugs