Random Acts of Christmas - Day 3 | Delivering a Big Box of Hand-Wri...

Welcome to day three of the Random Acts of Christmas! I am especially excited for today because it feels really close to my heart.

Day 3 - Delivering a box of handwritten Christmas cards to the senior center

Today, I made 24 handwritten Christmas cards and dropped them off at my local senior center. I told the lady working to just hand them out to who she thought needed them the most.

The reason I said that this is close to my heart is because I lost two grandparents recently. If I am being totally vulnerable here… I wasn’t the best granddaughter. I rarely called or wrote them, and it had been several years since I’d made the trip to visit them. I’m not proud of this, but it’s where I am.

I hadn’t really thought about how lonely the holidays must have been for them until I was talking with my parents (who did spend much more time with them) after they passed. I should clarify that it was grandparents on different sides of the family… my dad’s mom and my mom’s dad. Both were single, living alone, and their health was so poor they could barely leave their apartments.

To think that I didn’t even give them a call on Christmas or send them a handwritten card is pretty terrible. I just donated money to the “family gift” and let my mom take care of the details.

When I started thinking about what types of things I could do for this week of kindness, the elderly population immediately came to mind because of my recent experiences.

I bet many of the people at the senior center probably wish they heard from their grandchildren more often too. I thought by sharing a sincere and handwritten card, it might help bring a little joy into their world and make them feel less alone.

Just to clarify... there were only 12 cards in each box

The lady working was really grateful for the thoughtful gesture and told me she had some people in mind who would really enjoy getting one of these cards.

I asked her if they got random drop offs like this often, and she said it really varies year by year. Sometimes companies or religious organizations will decide to purchase presents or do something for the seniors – and other years they don’t have much coming in.

Based on the positive reaction I had when dropping these off … it might be something that I start doing every year!

This one was very inexpensive, and so it is really just the time commitment to write out all of these cards.

Total Cost for this Random Act of Christmas: $2.

Seriously, it was only two dollars for all 24 cards! The dollar store had some great boxed card sets that were only a dollar each.

Thanks for following along during my week of kindness. I hope this series encourages you to think about how you could make a positive difference in the lives of those around you. I can’t wait to share tomorrow’s Random Act of Christmas with you! Until then, peace and love my friends.

If you decide to join in and do a random act of christmas, please use the “randomactsofchristmas” tag so that I can find your post and stop by to give you some encouragement and love! Also, be sure to check out and support @lyndsaybowes initiative Operation Human Angels and @hendrix22’s #thegoodnews tag. They are both doing amazing things to encourage good will and kindness. Not to mention, operation human angels is what inspired this whole series!