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Texin

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34. Thank you for sharing that. It made me tear up.

Reply to Amaryllis (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 12:52 PM

Dec 2024

It's wonderful to realize that children have the capability and innocence to care so deeply. It's tragic that so many - I suppose most of us - lose that quality of innocence and compassion as we are barraged with what life throws on us as we mature and face so many challenges and ugliness around us. I certainly see how calloused and unfeeling some people become and how they have been indoctrinated to intolerance and hatred of "the other" (whatever 'other' they've been convinced are to be relegated as worthless and to be purged from their lives and the world in general).

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A dose of goodness and sweetness to lift you up [View all] Amaryllis Dec 2024 OP

This made me cry. Raven Dec 2024 #1

Made me cry when it happened! Such sweet little girls. Amaryllis Dec 2024 #2

Somebody's raising them right. Raven Dec 2024 #3

A relative of yours? JoseBalow Dec 2024 #10

Same here. Duppers Dec 2024 #11

Thanks so much for this sweet little story, Amaryllis. calimary Dec 2024 #4

I am going to make a particular effort to find uplifting things to post. Amaryllis Dec 2024 #5

GOOD. We're gonna need lots more of these uplifting stories to get through the next four years. calimary Dec 2024 #6

Thank you for this, and glad to hear you'll post more, especially if children are in them. ancianita Dec 2024 #16

Indeed. Duppers Dec 2024 #12

Great parenting !!!! Very uplifting !!!! Karadeniz Dec 2024 #7

There's hope. They deserve a better world than we're leaving them. surfered Dec 2024 #8

What sweet little girls. Kudos to you for participating and not just dismissing them as "silly children". I hope LoisB Dec 2024 #9

That is special Figarosmom Dec 2024 #13

Damned onions!!! Seriously, thank you so very much for sharing this niyad Dec 2024 #14

The bliss of innocence nuxvomica Dec 2024 #15

What a beautiful OP malaise Dec 2024 #17

Smiling! It reminded me of something my son wrote when he was around 12 mtngirl47 Dec 2024 #18

That is wonderful, brought a tear to my eyes 🤗 Meowmee Dec 2024 #19

Thanks for sharing this sweet story Danmel Dec 2024 #20

We need to go out of our way to look for it and celebrate it. So we dont sink in the swamp of the scary negative stuff. Amaryllis Dec 2024 #21

When I was 8 years old. Jacson6 Dec 2024 #22

A touching moment of humanity. Clouds Passing Dec 2024 #23

Yes,an exquisite example of that which elevates us above the beasts of the field. BattleRow Dec 2024 #25

There is still much sweetness and goodness in the world, your new friends and yourself are living proof Clouds Passing Dec 2024 #26

Thank you. That was very uplifting. nt Ilsa Dec 2024 #24

very very sweet! thank you. bluboid Dec 2024 #27

pass the tissue proud patriot Dec 2024 #28

awwwww BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2024 #29

Childhood innocence is something to be protected at all costs. Aussie105 Dec 2024 #30

Thanks for sharing. We needed that on a cold, dreary day. KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2024 #31

Thank you... Dem4life1970 Dec 2024 #32

Such a sweet story 😍. n/t iluvtennis Dec 2024 #33

Thank you for sharing that. It made me tear up. Texin Dec 2024 #34