Last Monday, I was supposed to have an infusion at the hospital. I get my infusions every eight weeks, and by now I’m pretty used to them; they’re part of my normal routine. I went to the hospital with my mom like I always do, but we ended up sitting there for hours waiting and waiting for them to bring the infusion. In the end, we had to go home, because they told us that we wouldn’t be able to get the treatment that day. There were problems with the insurance that needed to be sorted out before I was able to have my routine infusion.

Thanks to a thoughtful member of my church and my mom, we donated 24 pillowcases and I think 4 baby blankets. We took the pillowcases that a lady made with her family and other church members when we went to the hospital last Monday. As of those donations, we have now donated a total of 485 pillowcases! My new goal is to have 16 more pillowcases by my next infusion and then we will have 501!

I was frustrated Monday night because I felt like I had wasted my entire day, I didn’t feel good, and I knew that I still wouldn’t feel well in a couple of days; when the medication usually kicks in.

On Thursday, I was finally able to get my needed infusion, and it was fun to get to have extra one-on-one time with my mom.

For a few months, I have been excited about a camp that our church does for the teenagers. It’s called youth conference, and we get to learn how to work as a team, play games, hear from inspiring people, and help with a service project. I’ve been so excited to go for the first time this year. It was taking place Thursday night, all day Friday, and all day Saturday.

I was able to go to the kick-off Thursday evening, where I had tons of fun meeting the people who would be in my group for the conference. I was excited to find out that two of my friends, would be in the same group as me.

When Friday arrived though, I was far too sick to be able to attend the conference. I was so disappointed and was so sad to be missing out on the fun things that all my friends were getting to participate in.

I was feeling really down about not going when I got a text from one of my friends, wondering if I was going to come. I told her that I wouldn’t get to go on Friday, but I would probably get to go on Saturday. She sent me a text telling me that she missed me before telling me that she was excited to see me the next day.

Just that text from a friend saying that I was missed, really lifted my spirits and made me feel loved. It made me think about how much a little tiny act of kindness can make someone feel better about themselves and life in general. If I make another kindness challenge, I think I will have one of the acts of kindness be sending a kind text to someone.

Even though it is not on the current kindness challenge, I would encourage you to look for an opportunity to let someone know that they were missed. It’s probably one of the easiest acts of kindness and yet, for one reason or another, we are sometimes slow to let people know that you were thinking about them.

I am so glad to have friends who help to lift my spirits when I am down, and I hope that I can do the same for them. I would again encourage you to be quick to let people know you care because it can really make a difference.

Sending a text to someone is as easy as pie, and hopefully, you will take every opportunity to let people know that you care. Have fun being kind and look for every opportunity to show kindness! See ya’ll next week!