Random act of kindness

Oh, it was so good Steph! Had to be eaten in stages though as we couldn’t manage everything at once!

Sarah xx

1. My mindset has always been acts of kindness i do something everyday. Last week I gave one if my t v sets to a friend in need. Today I've sent gifs to people I know are struggling emotionally just to give them a positive start to their day and remind them their worth. 

That is really lovely of you Floki 

I'm thinking of inviting a lady I met yesterday, after she asked on Facebook about places open on Christmas day, for a meal on Christmas day rather than just meet for a coffee or walk. I would need to tidy up a lot, not a bad thing other than I have to pace myself. I said yesterday I did not want the pressure to tidy up, but having done some washing up this morning it may be more feasible than I thought. Neither of us have children or close relatives, living parents with some overlapping health issues and learning difficulties and a shared interest in maps. I know she is lonely and like me quite open about her challenges, but I would want to try to do is keep it light and not maudlin What she does not know yet is my brother I get on well with but am rarely in contact with is getting chemo for a pancreatic cancer in New York. He has lived in US for dacades, he only let me know the week before chemo started, he's having it fortnightly I've texted him every fortnight and after doing OK initially, he texted back he was feeling rough after his last session. I have told other people when I first heard, but that group I am unlikely to see for a few weeks. Two close friends from my Bristol days know, and I can phone, though one suffers badly with SAD, his mum died of pancreatic cancer during lock down, in hospital over Christmas, and he was only allowed to visit hospital once she was diagnosed and ended up caring for her and spoonfeeding her at home till 3 Feb. I did not find out till the following month, so though he is very understanding I don't want to burden him with my worries, about my brother, who has 3 adult children, the youngest starting to work in his 20 year business since new year 24. His lovely second wife who gets on well with her step children but has none of her own, lost her only sibling, an older brother, to illness when she was a child. Her parents are still alive and I think they have become quite close to my brother, so it will be hard for all of them as well as my nephews, and nieces.