Simply Kind Tuesday

So .. once again I borrow and steal from Tuesday Update, Tommie .. who joined Claudia from On A Limb with Claudia who started Simply Kind Tuesdays ... simply put, write about an act of kindness, just to remind us all that kindness does exist around us. (tonight I excel in the English language with my improper use of grammar and run on sentences!)

So, I sit here thinking of random acts of kindness .. contemplating what I have seen recently or in the past .. the ones that have come to mind the most, of which I would want to share. I thought it would be appropriate to write about the one act of kindness that has stood out in my mind for over a year .. and since I have been borrowing and stealing from Tommie .. I am going to mention Muffin Monday as a random act of kindness. While living in Texas, Tommie was my neighbor, and one day to pass her Monday afternoons, and to keep the kids preoccupied, she started this wonderful baking tradition .. Muffin Monday. Every Monday, Tommie and the kids would deliver half a dozen (or so) freshly baked, hot out of the oven, muffins .... she would make a batch, and disperse it amongst the privileged few ... it became so much of a tradition, that if per chance a Monday was skipped ... the privileged few would start gathering on the street, asking the other "did you get your muffins?" (we all have children that would answer the door, and if the adult of the house wasn't in ... sometimes the muffins would disappear before the adults could share in this moment of joy!) So first we needed to give Tommie the benefit of the doubt .. and hope that the kids ate the muffins, and not think that perhaps today would be the day that we would discover that Muffin Monday was over.. True to Tommie's word .. we never missed out .. there were times Muffin Monday would fall on a Tuesday because Monday wasn't meant to be for muffins due to whatever can happen when spouses are deployed, and you are the only caretaker of two young children ...

To bring it back to Random Acts of Kindness .. Tommie's Act of Kindness was yet another way to distract us from deployment .. it was also a form of adventure, because we never knew what type of muffin would stimulate our taste buds .. and best of all, it was just another way to know that we had all built friendships that will be treasured 4-ever!!

Here is the REAL first!

So today I am finally inspired to actually POST a blog instead of letting it sit in my draft folder! Let me explain: I was introduced to the blog world by my friend and neighbor T. I have been reading her blogs for a little over a year .. it was fascinating and fun. Several times I had asked her to show me her wise ways .. and finally on Mother's day this year we gathered the laptops and presto! Rockstar was born on my own blog!

Yesterday, however, was the day that I had to say good bye to T. She and her family are moving .. on to another military post. What made it difficult is that she is the first out of our "three amigos" group to leave. Neighbor T and neighbor A were my support group because the three of us shared 15 months together while our husbands were deployed overseas. We arrived in Texas and in our new homes approximately the same time, the men left within weeks of each other ... one of the things that separated me from them, was the fact that it was my first year as a military wife and they were already 10+ yrs ahead of me! So, needless to say .. T was my wine drinking buddy .. both T and A showed me the "wise ways of military survival" ..they explained to me the military hierachy (of which I am still confused over!) .. I was introduced to Southern Living .. polish pottery .. and have even inherited a flying pig from the OWC Bazaar .. a place I would not have ventured to if it wasn't for them! So, here is to you, T ... thank you for your friendship .. your good cooking.. muffin mondays .. the wine ..who will I split HEB's six pack of wine with?!? Thank you for showing me your blog .. I look forward to your adventures in your new home!