What is the nicest thing you've done for anyone?

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  • Crookey21
    Crookey21 Posts: 311 Member
    I stayed with my grandmother at her home for 8 days until she passed away and refused to let my dad and his sisters do her physical care. She was almost completely unconscious the entire time except when she would make it known that she was in pain. I administered meds, changed her, bathed her.. The works. I just couldn't let her children do those things. I wanted them to remember their mom as the spunky lady she always was. It was a really hard but really loving time for our family. We are all a lot closer now. :heart:


    @julieh391 i now have ultimate respect for you. my mother had a stroke 2 years ago so i understand completely administering medications and assisting with physical needs.
  • enigmachik
    enigmachik Posts: 150
    I love this thread. It's so important to be reminded how many wonderful, generous people there still are in the world.

    I hope we are all inspired to keep paying it forward! :)
  • StinkyWinkies
    StinkyWinkies Posts: 603 Member
    ...

    I've done nicer things for other people, but I prefer not to talk about it. ...

    Agreed.
  • StinkyWinkies
    StinkyWinkies Posts: 603 Member
    More awesome people...my life is made ever so much richer for knowing you're out there.

    :flowerforyou: :heart: :flowerforyou: :heart: :flowerforyou: :heart: :flowerforyou: :heart:
  • StinkyWinkies
    StinkyWinkies Posts: 603 Member
    Here's a link to something some more awesome people have done to help a stranger...perhaps not their 'nicest thing' but nice regardless.


    http://thorsmedicalfund.wordpress.com/ (this was posted on twitter and fb by "Henri, le Chat Noir")

    and, no, I do not know how to make the link clickable, sorry.
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    Married them.
  • JosephVitte
    JosephVitte Posts: 2,039
    I decided to still run the NYC marathon even though it will be completely surrounded by suffering and despair...


    ...but I'll be helping the local economy which will help everyone recover more quickly (or something like that), so what I'm doing is actually the nicest thing possible.


    Maybe I'll grab an extra cup of water from one of the many tables full and throw it to some of the nearby residents who don't have any water. Oh, and I'll try to run really fast so the 1000 law enforcement officers can get back to the areas where people are being robbed and buildings looted as soon as they can.


    Canceled plans.
  • Jamie_Lauren
    Jamie_Lauren Posts: 211 Member
    A few years ago, my friend's father died only a couple of weeks before her birthday. When her birthday came around, I threw a big surprise party for her at my house with all our closest friends. She loved it and it was a good night :)
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    I have a sponsor child in Kenya, Emmanuel :)
  • StinkyWinkies
    StinkyWinkies Posts: 603 Member
    The awesomeness just keeps on coming... :heart: :flowerforyou:
  • melegge
    melegge Posts: 5
    My last semester in nursing school I organized for my class to adopt a family for Christmas. We gathered enough money to buy the singe mother and her 3 children all of the items off their list(necessities and clothes). We then bought the kids age appropriate toys and a Cub Foods gift card to ensure they would have food over the Holidays. I was so impressed by the willingness of my classmates to donate and help this family.

    I wouldn't consider this the nicest thing I have ever done. Just pure humanity. When I was working on the Medical floor as a nurse one of my patients was passing and her family couldn't get there in time. I asked my charge nurse to take over the remainder of my assignment and I sat with my patient, held her hand and prayed for her as she passed away. We didn't come into this world alone so we shouldn't go out of it alone. That day my heart was filled with such sorrow and gratitude. I was grateful that she was on my assignment so I was able to be there for her.

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