I am excited to share everything that was done! I did try to condense some, and combine others. I left out names, for privacy reasons (some of the stories were pretty personal). I also had a hard time posting pictures, so for now there are none :/ The stories are separated by every other story being italicized. I tried to fix spelling errors, but there were so many that I didn't check them all.
Here goes!
I will start with mine!
- I handed out cookies and cupcakes at various stores in Bethlehem and Snellville. Working in retail during the holidays can total stink, so I tried to brighten some people's day.
- Paid for the two people behind me in line at McDonald's.
- Left some treats for our mailman,
- Paid for a little boys haircut.
- Gave two 100% tips and paid for different people's meals at a sit-down restaurant.
Others:
-Cleaned a friend's house.
-See the lane to the right in this picture? (I can't post the picture, but I am trying!) It becomes a turn only lane past that intersection. It is a HUGE pet peeve of mine how people get in that lane and then cut people off by getting in the left lane - ie, MY LANE. I rarely let people over because it drives me crazy.
But today I decided that I would start. Every time I have the opportunity to be gracious, I will do it. No matter what, I will start allowing people to move over, because it is the act of kindness they may need and it is certainly the change of heart I need.
-Baked homemade chocolate chip cookies for the Sylvester Cancer Center team of Miami, FL. My first RACK. More coming soon. I know you or your mommy and daddy don't know me, but for someone so sweet and small you sure know how to make a big impact on people's lives. Mine especially. Thank you for your forever RACK. Thank you for inspiring us to make a difference in a strangers life this season. Warmest Blessings and Prayers to the Murphy family this season. God Bless you all.
- Ashlyn and Josh,
I feel so blessed to be able to be a part of RACK this Christmas season! Tonight I was going to FedEx to print out the cards (our printer is broken), when I got there a family was in their car to leave. Their battery was dead and I thankfully had jumper cables to help them out. It is so bitter cold here and it felt so nice to be able to help out a family in need. I only wish that I had the cards already printed so that they could email yall too. The FedEx employees were so nice as they didn't charge me for printing the cards. I told them all about Sawyer and what we are all doing this year. I plan on taking them some cookies tomorrow. I hope and pray that so many people are blessed by Sawyer's story this Christmas season.
Thank you so much for sharing Sawyer with me. He has made me learn to slow down and be more thankful even for the little things in life. Merry Christmas! I love yall and I pray that God will continue to bless yall!
-I RACKd the ladies at the AirForce Village Assisted living by doing their makeup before their big Christmas "dance". As I applied make up to each face I told them the story of Sawyer and they loved being a part of your Christmas.
-Making candy canes with Sawyer's message for postman, various neighbors and people I come in contact with! I got RACK'ED ....... The lady sitting in front of me at iHop paid for my breakfast...
-Dear Ashlyn and Josh,
Your courage and faith in God continue to be an inspiration to me. You all are in our prayers.I know God is working through you and your story, and I appreciate all the ways you see that, too. This year, we had the opportunity to partner with an organization called Pride For Parents. Typically, they function in South Atlanta, but a neighborhood group our Church supports partnered with them to bring a second event to Tucker, GA. They take donated toys and gifts for parents who have limited funds to purchase gifts. They re-price these gifts for the parents to a fraction of their original cost so the parents can purchase the gifts for their children, instead of just accepting a hand out.
We felt you and Sawyer would appreciate knowing these children to have the opportunity to open a new
toy on Christmas morning.
-I told you the story of being to share Sawyers prayer pocket to a grandfather who's granddaughter had been born with a heart condition. Her name was Camryn and she went to play with Sawyer in heaven after living 80 days here on earth. Her grandfather and her grandmother came to see me the other day. Tom* only has three months to live and Pam's* job is ending the end of this month. Pam said her faith in God was teetering after Camryns death but now she knows there is no God because if there were He would not allow these things to happen. Your words rang in my heart, "just listen". I told her that I could not imagine the pain, stress and frustration she was going through but I did know someone that does, our Heavenly Father. I provided them with hard fact info about his benefits (as this is my job) and told them that Sawyer and Camryn were preparing with the angels for Jesus birthday. I told them I would pray that they would be able to feel God's loving arms carrying them through this difficult time and I hoped they would allow me to help anyway I could. She told me she would mail me Sawyers prayer pocket. I asked her to keep it as a reminder that I would be praying for them and when she felt ready she could share Camryn and Sawyers story with someone else who needed to hear about their precious lives and give them Sawyer s prayer pocket. Thank you for allowing me to share his story and God's love. We love you, Josh and Sawyer forever and always.
-Made Peppermint Hot Cocoa and Chocolate M&M cookie mixes for our neighbors and some friends. We just moved here less than 2 months ago. We started the elf"ed" game in our neighborhood and put these treats on the porches of the people in our cul-de-sac. I saw your post and added in Sawyer's Racked cards to our gifts. Hopefully, when the elf someone....they will also add in Sawyer's cards too. Merry Christmas you guys!!!! Love ya!!
-Hello, I have a story of a random act of kindness that happened to me yesterday.
It didn't transpire directly from the RACK'ed project, but it brought attention and prayers your way.
I was trying to order some cookies from a little pastry shop in Boston that my dad loves for Christmas. We live in Georgia now and he always talks about how great they were.
My sister and I took him to Boston this past year for his 75th birthday and he feels that will be his last trip ever going to our hometown.
When I went to check out, the fee for shipping was over three times the amount of my order and I was very frustrated!
I posted on Facebook my frustration in hopes that one of our family members could ship the package and I would reimburse them.
A high school friend whom I haven't spoken to in 20 years saw my post and offered to take the train to the pastry shop and then ship them for me...and wouldn't accept any payment from me. It was her Christmas gift to my family.
I was floored by her offer and she kept saying "it's just cookies!"
But it wasn't just cookies, it was pure kindness, and we don't see that often enough.
I shared with her your blog and the Random Act Of Kindness cards. She was so touched by your story and this project.
She did it out of pure thoughtfulness, and through it, she is now praying for your family also.
-Hello,
The recipients of our RACKing may not have access to a computer, so I wanted to send this email on their behalf.
My son and I put together "blessing bags" that we will keep in my car for when we see the homeless or someone in need holding signs at stoplights.
During this season, we packed the bags full of warm socks, cough drops, non perishable snacks, toothpaste/brushes, soap, lotion, chapstick, and Kleenex.
We made 10 bags in memory of Sawyer.
We continue to pray for your family and are sending warm thoughts your way this Christmas
-I paid for a lady's order at World's Delights and Coffee in Dacula. She was SO surprised...it was fun!
I ordered a special treat tray from my friend at The Purple Peach Bakery in Dacula to be delivered to a lady who lost her son in a motorcycle accident this past summer.
Tipped 100% of our bill to our waitress at Waffle House for lunch today!
Sawyers Greatgrandmother Cammie brought me a cash gift to use however I would like. She suggested Starbucks! Instead I have decided to share it with my 2 assistants, along with a little extra to thank them for working so hard and helping to make our new business get off to a great start! Thanks Sawyer and Greatgrandmama!
I decided to bake some yummy Christmas cookies and deliver them. I took a batch to the bank I used to work at and also to my ob/gyn's office. I was part of a running group and we had a little get together so I took a bunch of bags of cookies with cards on them. Since the people at FedEx were so sweet to not charge me to print out the rack cards I took them a batch too! James and I are a part of a mom & me group through a church and they are having a book exchange and I placed a rack'ed card in the book! We are also donating toys to Toys for Tots and I'm gonna put rack'ed cards on each toy. I really hope that I was able to bless a few people by sharing Sawyer's story with them. I know I am blessed to have been able to share his story!
Josh and Ashlyn this is *one of my students*. He has one of the most loving spirits in spite of the hardships in his life. Most days he arrives at school with dirty clothes, no socks, and needing a bath. He shoe laces drag the ground and I always get on my knees to tie them. I get the blessing of teaching him to read. He has some learning issues but responds to interventions as I interact with lots of love. I wish you could have seen his eyes when I put the Velcro light up Sketchers on his feet! He told me his mom had never bought him a pair of shoes. In the shoebox was a comic strip book and he grabbed it up. Later in the day I saw him with his mentor from a local church. His Christmas present to her was the comic book.... how precious. My prayer is that this RACK will impact a child and his future.
We received a generous donation here at the animal shelter along with your RACK'ed card. Thank you for the donation. We very much appreciate it. - Northeast Georgia Animal Shelter
Nana and I Racked the Shorter University Leadership Fund with a
special Christmas contribution to Shorter's Special Leadership Fund.
This fund is used to provide scholarships, mission trips and other
special needs as determined by the President and his Leadership team.
So each time The Leadership Team grants a special gift to a student,
Sawyer will be honored and remembered.
We are so pleased that you encouraged us to perform this random act of Christmas kindness. May God be glorified!
Today, I delivered Quik Trip cups with the first drink free to three of my
co-workers who have been good friends of mine and prayer warriors for our
family. I also taped money to the vending machine in my office.
co-workers who have been good friends of mine and prayer warriors for our
family. I also taped money to the vending machine in my office.
I received a fountain drink cup from QT from your
Nana Marla. I can take the cup to QT and get a free drink! Praying for
the family.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
Yesterday,
a dear friend of mine presented me with a "RACK" card along with a
Starbucks gift card. She knew how much I enjoyed Starbucks and that I
too, am a grieving Mother this Christmas. Our circumstances are
different as my son left this world July 30th,
at the age of 33. My son suffered an addiction to alcohol. An addiction
he battled most of his adult life. The addiction won that day, as my son ended his life. He left behind his parents, a son, as well as a sister, brothers, multiple cousins, aunts,
uncles etc. We remain in shock. I'm especially sad for his son and
the things he won't get to do with his Father. Learning to drive a car, a
first date, High School graduation, college, marriage to name just a
few. I pray each day that God allows me to live a long life to help with
his upbringing. There is such a stigma surrounding suicide. But
mental illness is just that, a mental illness.
I've read through your blog and can associate with you on how some 'expect' us to be ok so soon after the death of a child. I will never be ok.
I can and choose to continue living day by day, enjoying pockets of
joy as they come. We, too are struggling as the holidays approach. We're
attempting to get used to our "new normal". Some days are easier than
others.
We
have been and are blessed with friends, family and a wonderful church
family. They are excellent examples of 'Jesus with skin on' to us, and I
stand amazed at God's goodness to me. I know I'll see my son again one
day and I'm thankful that his demons are now gone, that he's been made
whole and that he's with his maker. The ONE that loves him more than we
do.
I promise to pay my RACK forward and will remember your sweet family and Sawyer as I do so.
We donated 4 winter coats to the Partnership Against Domestic Violence in memory of Sawyer. A woman and her kids whove fled an abusive home, will have warms coats to wear this winter.
Our family made cookies and brownies for four of our neighbors in honor of Sawyer! :)
I RACK'd several people at my church and also my house cleaning ladies.
At first I couldn't think of what to do for this when Ashlyn put up the blog but then I had two twenty dollar bills left over from grocery shopping and I figured it out. I put each dollar bill in an envelope and attached the RACK card to the front then when I went to different stores today I out an envelope of the windshield on 2 different cars in the Walmart/kohls parking lot. I wanted to wait to see who came and got into the cars after I did this but that seemed kind of creepy to me the more I thought about it. Haha So 2 different people came out to $20 on their cars after shopping and hopefully could get good use out of it. Not thinking this was enough I had some extra mini nutella cups at my house so I put then in a tin and left them in our mailbox for our mail person to have and hopefully they liked them. I was going to take pictures of the envelopes on the cars but I was too worried someone would think I was doing something to someone's car that I shouldn't so I didn't. Well I really hope the people who got the money and the mail person who got the goodies really enjoyed it and felt the love of Jesus through this and Sawyer's story. I love you all and hope all these stories bring you some joy this holiday!
RACK'd the Georgia SPCA Pet Adoptions -Shared a bag full of toys for some dogs looking for forever homes. Added a few festive collars to have them looking their best when folks drop by.
We have new neighbors that are expecting a baby. They are going through a very difficult time financially and have only been together since April. They have nothing for this little gift from God so I knew I wanted to rack them in honor of Sawyer with a gift for the baby. I assumed I would come home with a cute stuffed giraffe or an outfit with a giraffe on it. However when I walked past this frame God placed it on my heart that this young couple needed a reminder to see on those tough days that this miracle is truly the greatest gift they could ever receive. Something you two have always known and done such a great job showing Sawyer and the world that he is the greatest gift you have ever received. Thank you for sharing your gift of Sawyer and his story to us and the many others. You are truly amazing parents.
Jessie and I went shopping tonight and we bought
some candy canes while we were out. I had some RACK’d cards with me and
when we stopped to get donuts it sounded like the girl taking our order
at the drive through was having a tough day, so I gave her 2 candy canes
and a card before we left. I also gave them to the clerk who checked us
out at Kohl’s tonight and she got the biggest smile on her face!
Our neighbor recently had surgery to remove cancer and then reconstructive surgery. God laid it in on my heart to give her a prayer blanket like the one that was given to me for my grandmother when she was so sick. So as a rack we fixed a prayer blanket for her and placed it on her front porch.
Hi Murphys,
We are friends with Laura and Andrew and Laura
shared with us about the love that you are inviting people to share with
you this Christmas. We just had to join in! We are currently living
in Edinburgh, Scotland working with a team to set up a campus ministry
for students here at the University of Edinburgh. It is so amazing to
read your story and see how God is moving in your lives and the lives
you and Sawyer are touching all over the world! We live in an apartment
building and baked some bags of cookies to hang on the door handles of
all of our building neighbors. We live on the top floor (number 6!), so
we are going to 'deliver' them as we walk to the Christmas Eve service
at church tonight (no elevators in these old buildings!).
Thank you for sharing your story of hope and love, we are so excited to be a part of it!
Dear Murphy family,
Our lives have been touched by your sweet child in such a profound way. We have learned to take nothing for granted. We didn't have much this Christmas to give because of the expense of nursing school but we were at Ingles in Auburn and I overheard a woman tell her teen that they couldn't get bacon right now because they had to get formula for the baby. I was instantly in tears because we had so much comparatively. I didn't even have a print out of your sawyer print so I hand wrote it all out on a piece of paper after pulling it up on my phone. I knew that I had to help so I asked if I could pay for her groceries. Your story has changed the way I view my life and I thank you for that. I pray everyday for y'all and hope The Lord uplifts you on Christmas Day.
I received a gas card. It was such a blessing considering money has been tight this year.
I then bought a gift card and passed it along to an older couple in church who love the Lord and work very hard. The husband works in construction and work is not always steady. They have also experienced the loss of a child some 20+ years ago.
We were so blessed to be invited to share kindness in memory of Sawyer this year- we made cookies and took them to our neighbors and shared Sawyer's story. It was such an incredible opportunity to share with them the power of hope in Jesus. Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your story- praying for you and sending love your way today-
As you know, my life has been somewhat busy since your Uncle Andy's accident almost 5 weeks ago. With that being said, Sawyer is always in my heart! My love for him is immeasurable, and while I long to be with him, I know that God's plan for me here on Earth is not complete yet. So, I rest assured that we will all be together again one day and am at peace knowing that he is in the very place we all long to be...with our Lord and Savior! I carried out the spirit of "racking" people with great joy, but am just now finding the time to submit my list....
1. I started my random acts of kindness by paying 2 people's parking for them. I took the parking passes to them personally, as they were entering the parking lot. Each car offered to pay me, but I explained that it was my pleasure and to enjoy their day! I left both cars with as big, if not bigger, a smile on my face as they had on theirs! These people were taking their children to visit the Children's Museum in Atlanta...a place I know Sawyer would have enjoyed with his Daddy!
2. I bought lunch for one of my co-workers, who is a very dear friend as well. My co-workers all know and love Josh, Ashlyn, and Sawyer and ask about you guys ALL the time! I enjoyed treating someone to lunch in honor of my sweet Sawyer in the place where I watched him take his very first breath!
3. A very sweet young lady, whom I have known most of her life, painted Emma Grace's dollhouse for me. As a side note, she did such an incredible job...she has so much talent! Pictures to follow after Christmas! Anyway, in the "spirit of Sawyer" I gave her a fifty dollar tip when paying her for the hard work and love she put into the dollhouse...without telling her! I hope this brought her a little extra happiness at Christmas!
4. The last random act of kindness I did was to surprise my daughter by cleaning her room and bathroom while she was gone. This was just a small token of my appreciation, and one way I could give back to her for all the love and support she has given me since her Dad's accident.
I must say, I know Sawyer is so proud of the parents God blessed him with! The Random Acts of Christmas Kindness was just one of the many ways that Sawyer's story lives on and blesses people every single day! I hope that this tradition will live on year after year after year...just as our love and memories of our precious Sawyer will!
I love you guys more than you can imagine, but not more than our Lord and Savior.
The Robbins Family have been giving out candy canes to strangers everywhere from the airport to Walmart, to the Marta station, and beyond in memory of your sweet boy!
You all are in our prayers every day, but especially during this Christmas season.
You should know that although we started out RACKing, in hopes that it would brighten YOUR Christmas at least a little, that it has meant a lot to our family in ways that I can't fully explain, as well!
Ray RACKED a lady at the MARTA station by giving her a BREEZE card for a free ride.
I RACKed an elderly neighbor of my uncles by visiting and taking him Christmas cookies. This is such a lovely way to honor your sweet Sawyer's short life here on earth. As much as it makes me sad to have to even think of your loss, it was an honor to participate in this remembrance.
I hope that reading all of the wonderful acts of kindness that have been done in your sweet babies memory will give you at least a little bit of joy during this Christmas season. You all are so loved and so many people have been blessed by not only knowing you, but by your sharing your story. You have touched so many people with your story, and even more with your deep, everlasting faith.
The Robbins family left an extra tip to a very sweet waitress whom we happen to know (from a friend), is having a tough time right now....not a huge tip, just a bit extra in memory of Sawyer!
Our clinic meets so many more needs than just medical needs of students.
Many of our students need snacks, socks, and a change of clothes too. I
know that Sawyer's needs would have always been met, so our family
wanted to restock the clinic. Christopher Hensley and Jeff shopped and
delivered it last week. I know our students will be blessed.
PRECIOUS parents of Sawyer,
We are so blessed to know you, to love you and have the privilege to pray for you.
We are honored to be a part of your story and in the RACK experience. I don't know if you'll hear from our recipients, but this is what we did:
Marley and I found our very best Christmas cookie recipe, SOFT GINGER COOKIES. We brought out all the ingredients and started making a BIG mess!!!
We found this great cookie wrapper template from Ann Voskamp's blog that shares a great verse:
“BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD AND SHALL BEAR A SON,
AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME “IMMANUEL,”
which translated means, “GOD WITH US.” Matthew 1:23
We delivered these to some special people--a widow down the street, families we've been trying to reach with the Gospel, and some folks who've been especially gracious to us over the years. Marly & Mackenzie and I knocked on doors and sang, "We wish you a Merry Christmas" and handed over the small package with the RACK tag. We were greeted with smiles, hugs and looks of surprise! The widow, who is ~ 80, placed her hands over her heart and shared that no one has ever caroled and made a delivery like that in all her life! She was well-pleased.
We love you, pray for you and truly believe God is Mighty and Faithful and is preparing great things for you.
We are so blessed to know you, to love you and have the privilege to pray for you.
We are honored to be a part of your story and in the RACK experience. I don't know if you'll hear from our recipients, but this is what we did:
Marley and I found our very best Christmas cookie recipe, SOFT GINGER COOKIES. We brought out all the ingredients and started making a BIG mess!!!
We found this great cookie wrapper template from Ann Voskamp's blog that shares a great verse:
“BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD AND SHALL BEAR A SON,
AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME “IMMANUEL,”
which translated means, “GOD WITH US.” Matthew 1:23
We delivered these to some special people--a widow down the street, families we've been trying to reach with the Gospel, and some folks who've been especially gracious to us over the years. Marly & Mackenzie and I knocked on doors and sang, "We wish you a Merry Christmas" and handed over the small package with the RACK tag. We were greeted with smiles, hugs and looks of surprise! The widow, who is ~ 80, placed her hands over her heart and shared that no one has ever caroled and made a delivery like that in all her life! She was well-pleased.
We love you, pray for you and truly believe God is Mighty and Faithful and is preparing great things for you.
I struggled to come up with the perfect random act of Christmas kindness
to remember Sawyer; I wanted to do something that was personal. After
much thinking, I decided to put bags of popcorn on Redbox kiosks. One of
my favorite things to do is to snuggle up with a movie and a bowl of
popcorn. It was also one of many things I looked forward to doing with
Sawyer- nights of babysitting and introducing him to the wonderful world
of movies (mostly boy movies like Toy Story and Cars). I hope that
families were able to enjoy popcorn and a movie in memory of Sawyer, and
that they were able to read his story.
One of the senior special needs employees was so thrilled with the monetary gift in memory of Baby Sawyer.
Hi Ashlyn and Josh!
I wish y'all all the best this Christmas season. I know this is a hard time for you both and we all miss Sawyer so much! I RACK'ed two people and felt so great doing it. First, I surprised one of the residents at the nursing home I worked at by setting up her Christmas tree while she was at lunch. She has no family that comes to visit her so this really made her day, week even! Then I payed for the person behind me in Starbucks on my lunch break. Thank y'all for this opportunity to share Sawyer's story. Love you both!
I wish y'all all the best this Christmas season. I know this is a hard time for you both and we all miss Sawyer so much! I RACK'ed two people and felt so great doing it. First, I surprised one of the residents at the nursing home I worked at by setting up her Christmas tree while she was at lunch. She has no family that comes to visit her so this really made her day, week even! Then I payed for the person behind me in Starbucks on my lunch break. Thank y'all for this opportunity to share Sawyer's story. Love you both!
I hate that I was last minute, but I'm so glad Ashlyn reminded me last night.
The first thing I did was take a gift certificate for a one hour massage to Stacy Halstead, little Tripp's mom. They live in our subdivision and I have wanted to do something for her for a while. This seemed like perfect time!
My oldest daughter and I went to Kroger and racked three people. I asked the cashier for cash back and God told me to rack him! I gave him $5 to get a cup of coffee or a treat of some sort. He was shocked! :)
Jessica took $5 to someone in line at Starbucks and she was shocked as well.
We had one more racked card and another $5 bill. Jess and I tried to find someone who looked like they were having a bad day. There was a lady with two girls who had a scowl on her face. I went up to her and she was very hesitant to accept my gift. But she did and had a smile on her face when I walked away. Mission accomplished!
I might have to steal this idea one year in honor of Grady. I love it! Your sweet Sawyer isn't here physically, but he continues to, and always will, touch lives. Can't wait for heaven where we can be together forever and thankful for the One who made that possible.
The first thing I did was take a gift certificate for a one hour massage to Stacy Halstead, little Tripp's mom. They live in our subdivision and I have wanted to do something for her for a while. This seemed like perfect time!
My oldest daughter and I went to Kroger and racked three people. I asked the cashier for cash back and God told me to rack him! I gave him $5 to get a cup of coffee or a treat of some sort. He was shocked! :)
Jessica took $5 to someone in line at Starbucks and she was shocked as well.
We had one more racked card and another $5 bill. Jess and I tried to find someone who looked like they were having a bad day. There was a lady with two girls who had a scowl on her face. I went up to her and she was very hesitant to accept my gift. But she did and had a smile on her face when I walked away. Mission accomplished!
I might have to steal this idea one year in honor of Grady. I love it! Your sweet Sawyer isn't here physically, but he continues to, and always will, touch lives. Can't wait for heaven where we can be together forever and thankful for the One who made that possible.
I RACK'ed several different people from cups of hot cocoa, to gift cards, to cookies!
I did several RACK's. For the first one we sent two $5 bills in a package
in the mail to people who bought things from me. We wrote a note
telling them to enjoy a cup if coffee on me!
For the other 2 we gave our photographer and Santa Claus an extra tip and told them to enjoy lunch on us.
We loved doing the RACK and loved sharing Sawyer's story with everyone!
For the other 2 we gave our photographer and Santa Claus an extra tip and told them to enjoy lunch on us.
We loved doing the RACK and loved sharing Sawyer's story with everyone!
I love doing Random acts of kindness.....
I double tipped my waitress at Olive Garden. I know how hard it is to make money in that business.
The boys and I went to Kroger and out front was a soldier playing a Harmonica next to the Salvation Army donation guy. I had the boys go up and tell the Soldier Thank you for his service and then we went inside to Starbucks and got both guys some holiday coffee.
I let an older lady go in front of me at McDonalds.
We switched our cable service and the poor ATT guy was at our house for about 9 hours so we gave him a gift card to Starbucks with a Christmas Card.
I double tipped my waitress at Olive Garden. I know how hard it is to make money in that business.
The boys and I went to Kroger and out front was a soldier playing a Harmonica next to the Salvation Army donation guy. I had the boys go up and tell the Soldier Thank you for his service and then we went inside to Starbucks and got both guys some holiday coffee.
I let an older lady go in front of me at McDonalds.
We switched our cable service and the poor ATT guy was at our house for about 9 hours so we gave him a gift card to Starbucks with a Christmas Card.
Monetary gift to homeless man on the way to the airport to pickup my
son. Merry Christmas to the Murphy family. May God bless you all.
(Sorry this is so late!) My name is Jamie. I am the checkout receptionist at Pediatric Cardiology Services -aka Dr. Videlefsky's office. I had loved getting to know and chat with Ashlyn at her appointments. After that I kept close watch by following Sawyer's journey on her blog and on Facebook. I think the RACK idea is an awesome way to remember him and to help Josh & Ashlyn see how many people care about all three of them. ☺️
So, here are my RACKs ....
1- I had my cards already to hand out, but I just needed to think of what to do. My first thought was that I wanted a Diet Coke from Chick-fil-A, haha. Why thought, "Hey! Why don't i pay for the person behind me in line". But then I thought about their calendars that they put out each year that has the coupons. I ordered that and my Diet Coke at the drive-through. Once I was at the window I asked the guy to please give the calendar to someone who was kind to him at the window along with Sawyers card. He laughed and said that was a 'first' for him!
2- I have always wanted to and thought about leaving a gift for our mail carrier. Really don't know anything about her and the holidays always seem so crazy. But with the RACK inspiring me, I decided that this is the year to finally do it! This morning I left her a bag with some gifts in our mailbox and I handwritten note on the back of the Sawyer card. I was so excited give her a gift that I'm probably going to do it every year!
Tomorrow's RACK:
My husband works for QuikTrip. He does not have to work on Christmas day, but most people know QT doesn't close... ever. So, we'll be bringing 3 kinds of baked cookies by the one near our home (and where my husband had worked for about a year before being transferred). It's a busy location, so I know the workers there will be glad to have something special -- and different than the QT stuff they're all used to. 😉
Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas filled with family time and friends. God bless.
1. 3 times this Christmas season I bought the persons coffee behind me in the drive through line.
2. We provided our pastors two girls with the means to take dance lessons for the next year. They have been waiting for 3 years to do this but their parents had no way of paying for this. It will be fun to see where it takes them.
Thanks for encouraging random acts of kindness through the holidays! God loves a cheerful giver and it truly is a joy to give to others "randomly." God bless your family in 2014!
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We are blessed.
We are thankful.
We CANNOT wait to do this again next year!
Love, love, love you all,
Ashlyn
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