cookies for everybody.
By ANTIQUELADY
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
United States
July 5, 2009 11:44am CST
I was at the nursing home Friday visiting my friend jad & two ladies walked in w/a basket of cookies. I found out they were mother & daughter & had brought cookies for every patient in the nursing home. they didn't make the cookies they said which made no difference at all it was just the nice thought. they were decorated cookies form the wal-mart bakery, they had wrapped each one individually & tied a bow on them. come to find out the mother was a girl i had gone to church w/when i was small & her parents were good friends of my parents. Neither of us recognized each other. we hadn't seen each other in years because she has just moved back to the area. S he has noone in the home just did it out of the kindness of her heart. Wasn't that a kind thing to do?
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14 responses
@davethegreat (40)
• Portugal
6 Jul 09
That was really nice. I also like to do altruistic stuff, like that because i think it is very important in nowadays world. We need to show some concern about everyone around us. I really liked what happened and i think it shows how there are still kind people around. Hopefully, this little actions will make a great difference tomorrow.
Best regards
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
6 Jul 09
Thanks for your response. U are so right we all need to do more for people especially the elderly that are often forgotten once they are put in the homes. They are very sad places to visit but we still need to go.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
6 Jul 09
I thought it very kind especially considering she has noone in the home. Hope u are having a great day.
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@GardenGerty (161216)
• United States
6 Jul 09
That is really a great thing for her to do. I am glad you had someone to visit, and excited that you saw someone you used to know.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
6 Jul 09
IT sure was very thoughtful of themespecially when they have noone out there. That came from the goodness of their heart.
@guybrush (4658)
• Australia
5 Jul 09
It was a lovely thing to do, AL - and another good thing is that you met your old friend again. Maybe you'll be able to get together and enjoy eachother's company some time. It's nice to know there are still people with good hearts in the world.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
6 Jul 09
IT SURE WAS. What was cute to her daughter handed me a cookie after we found out. i ask her did i get a cookie because i knew her mom & she said yes Thanks for your response.
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
5 Jul 09
It was a wondeful thing to do and I also liked the fact that youboth met up again after so mnay years.mPeople in Nursing Homes are so often neglected by family ans this probably made the day of many of the residents. Yiu are good to visit too. I ams ure that it means a great deal to your firned. Many blessings
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
5 Jul 09
I don't know which one of us was the most surprised when she was telling the lady in the room w/jan who she was. I would think it was well appreciated. I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY SWEET.
@gdesjardin (1918)
• United States
7 Jul 09
How sweat!!!! That is wonderful when people just do something out of the kindness of their heart. And elderly people love seeing other people...they don't care if they know them or now. My grandfather (who is now deceased) used to live in a nursing home. At the time my oldest son was just a toddler. The elder people used to love when my son came to visit "his great grandfather" because he would run from room to room and talk to everyone. I used to be so embarassed cause my son was running all over the place, until the nurses one day said "don't be embarassed because the old folks love to see young people".
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@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
6 Jul 09
That is a very nice thing to do. My grandma would get so excited when people would do sweet things like that. It really brought her spirits up.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
8 Jul 09
Hi Jo, that was really nice of her to do. Wow. I hope to some day get past my fear and do such a thing for the old and elderly. I enjoy their company so much for they have so much wisdom and stories to tell that I find very interesting. I wish so much I had recorded my grandmother when she told her stories but now she's forever gone and so are her stories, except the ones that I can remember.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
8 Jul 09
U will cat, i HAVE FAITH IN U. it will only take one time & you'll be fine,
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Jul 09
oh what angels they are. sounds like something my late hubby would have done. i'll bet you will see them in heaven. what a nice thing to get to see a friend from your past was one of them to.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
11 Jul 09
They really are. I thought it was very nice & it was nice to see the friend from so long ago to.
@HelScream (2822)
• Philippines
17 Jul 09
yes I have to agree with you my friend... A single act of kindness
which would actually inspire some person who have witnessed it
just a single act could make a big difference....
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
21 Jul 09
Kindness is a great trait for anyone to have & not everybody has it. I think u do & i'm very proud of u for having it. Have a great day, take care of sis, hope she is doing well. would u believe they have never called my son about his tests.
@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
21 Jul 09
Hi Antiquelady, that was a nice gesture indeed. The other day I was visiting a friend in the hospital and knew that two others from local villages were also in there, decided to take up bottles of frozen water to pass around as it was unbearably hot and I thought they might go down well. All three patients were male by the way and Greek males do not like to eat sweet things so rather than taking a home made cake thought ice water would be fine. Amazingly none of them actually wanted it, they preferred the luke warm water they already had. They were suspicious of the unknown as it was obvioulsy a foreign idea.
Glad your ladies cookies had a better reception!
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@cyrus123 (6363)
• United States
7 Jul 09
This was so nice of the lady and her daughter to do this! Wouldn't it be nice if more people took the time out to visit the nursing homes more often? They would really be blessed if they did. I bet it was a real shock to both of youall when you each introduced yourselves to find out that youall knew each other years ago. I'm glad youall got to see each other again. Kathy.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
7 Jul 09
GOOD MORNING KATHY, It was really nice of them. I wish people would just visit the homes more often . They don't have to take anything, u know. I know u go & sing for them & you will be blessed for that. It was a shock to find out who she was. Was glad to see her, it had been years & years. U have a great day.
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@anniefannie (1737)
• United States
6 Jul 09
yes that was a real good thing she did it is a lot of good people even if we don't see them every day.thank you for being one of those good people.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
6 Jul 09
AREN'T U SWEET, THANK U for being my friend.
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@anniefannie (1737)
• United States
6 Jul 09
it is not always easy for me to be sweet, i have to work hard sometimes it is not hard being your friend.
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@aikhong (661)
• Malaysia
6 Jul 09
Yeah that's indeed a really kind thing to do. There're not much people like her nowadays who are so willing doing all these good dids voluntarily and this has just shown her selflessness and how kind-hearted she is. I believe what she's done would be a very good start to influence others and hopefully will get more people to do the same to help out others who are really in need of help. Isn't it very nice to just doing some simple things and it helps to cheer other people up?
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
6 Jul 09
U are so right, most people don't take the time to do things for other people. I thought it was very kind of her & very unselfish. More people should think about others who are not as lucky as they are. Thanks for your response.
