From time to time, we hear positive stories about kindness that we would like to share...positive stories that often time we do not hear enough about.  If you have a story about kindness that you would like to share and maybe brighten someone else's day, please share your stories by posting a comment.

Below you will find a story about kindness that was recently shared with us.  Enjoy!

Cindy, thank you so much for your article in this week's Moultrie News.  I love reading your articles, they always confirm that I am doing the right thing with my son.  I am someone who believes that manners show you care and respect others as human beings.

I wanted to share a story about my son's trick or treating.  He was two at the time (4.5 now).  We had been out for quite a few houses and he had been turning down more than one piece of candy at each house.  The adults kept trying to coerce him into taking a fistful and he kept saying "No, thank you." and as he would turn to leave he would tell them "Happy Hawoween!"  On the last house of the evening, we rang the doorbell of what I shall call an extreme Senior.  She was truly so old and frail, I was concerned she would fall over from holding her little tray of goodies.  She had the most lovely smile and a true kindness in her eyes.  My son said "Trick or Treat" and she bent down to allow him to choose some candy.  He debated over the selection, chose one piece and placed it into his little sack.  He then continued to dig around in his candy bag for quite some time.  I could not understand what he was doing, we (the adults) all looked at each other until he finally stopped.  He dug out a piece of his favorite candy and handed it to the lady.  He then, with the biggest smile said "Happy Hawoween"!  This nice woman looked at him and then at me and started to cry.  She was not sad, but said in all of her life this had never happened to her.  She then looked at my son and said "Thank you."  She also decided we were to be her last trick or treaters of the night and dumped all of her candy in my sons bucket (except the piece he had given her).  She said she wanted to end the night on a high note.

I thought this to be one of the best nights of my life.  Everything I had been teaching him since birth had actually been sinking in to head and his heart!  And my favorite part of this story is, he didn't understand what we were all making a fuss about.  He just shrugged his little shoulders when I told him how proud of him I was.

I just wanted to let you know there are many of us out there and we will take over the world, one smile and thank you at a time.

Again, thank you for your articles, they make me smile every time they appear in the paper. 

N. Coppock, Charleston, SC.